London's scammers find a new tactic • "I felt sick... They’re doing everything except for actually having a flat." • What happens when the scammers get inside the systems?

Cover illustration copyright © 2026 Jeff Nentrup Although as a child I’d been brought up on James Bond films, which – unbelievably to today’s kids – were a rare treat that w…

We ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, e...

Rob Hutton on a forgotten electrical pioneer; some previously unseen thoughts on borders; and some sentences that might seem passive aggressive, if you’re gonna be like that about it.

Simon & Schuster Children’s Books has acquired a middle-grade spy adventure series from SJ Wills in a three-book deal. The series will follow a teenage ex-mobster’s dealings in the criminal underworld...

Pan Fiction publishing director Sarah Hodgson has pre-empted world rights in two “utterly charming” murder mysteries by journalist Robert Hutton from Antony Topping of Greene & Heaton.

On making a living as a writer

This February, we invite you to Read It Forward. 10% of all children's book sales through Bookshop.

The year's spookiest reads! Our guide reviews the top middle grade horror books of 2025 Find the perfect scary book for kids.

Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children

Pupils at The Ramsey Academy in Halstead met Bite Marks author SJ Wills and took part in a creative writing workshop.

FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of training AI software. When …

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