Books

The Running Man (Theatrical Release, November 14) If you were thinking one adaptation of a dystopian Stephen King novel (The Long Walk) was not nearly enough for one year, you’re in luck. Because this month, we’re getting The Running Man....

The sales patterns for classic novels are normally a fairly predictable business. “Every year it’s the same authors,” says Jessica Harrison, publishing director for Penguin Classics UK. “Austen is always at the very top, and then all the school...

Horror authors are used to pushing the boundaries of fiction, but for some in the field there’s one boundary they won’t cross – a picket line.Several writers including Joe Hill, the son of Stephen King – who has just...

My earliest reading memory When I was about four or five, I think. I was living in Long Melford, Suffolk, with my foster parents, and my foster dad was trying to teach me how to read using those Biff...