Ben East

Plus: Sarah Jessica Parker has taken up an editorial-director role at Hogarth Press and Arundhati Roy will finally return next year with a follow-up to The God of Small Things.

Author Brit Bennett pulls off the fine balancing act of explaining the lives and motivations of her young characters to an audience who might live a world away from California, while never patronising any young adult readers who would find so much to enjoy here.

With a new Bridget Jones novel out, we look at characters who now owe more to their portrayal on film and TV than their literary origins.

The large cast of characters, in both centuries in the novel, is on the whole impressively fleshed out and distinct, and though main character Susan Ryeland’s journey of discovery does require some suspension of disbelief, Horowitz wryly recognises this, too.

From Bill Bryson and Brian Cox to Stephen Hawking, there is no shortage of writers bringing science to the masses in simple, engaging ways. We look at how pop-science books can be crucial building blocks for the future.

Priyanka Chopra – the star of crime thriller Quantico, which returns to OSN on Monday – tells The National about juggling Hollywood and Bollywood, and her dreams of global domination.

As the series has progressed, Falahee has expertly navigated the shift in his character from a selfish narcissist desperate to be top of the class to someone who, in his relationship with IT professional Oliver, became something of a protector.

As Grey’s Anatomy begins its 13th season – making it one of the longest-running medical dramas on TV – stars Kevin McKidd and Martin Henderson tell us how the cast and crew keep it so fresh and enduringly popular.

Albee’s truly amazing feat is to make what could be a gruelling, even unpleasant, experience visceral and rather surreal.

After New York's Twin Towers fell, the composer wrote Symphony No2/Flute Concerto/River's Rush in the hopes it would help him and others to cope with the tragedy.

Three e-books give an insight into Hogwarts and popular Potter characters and traditions.

This month's title in The National Book Club tugs at the heart through its story of a child refugee on the streets of Beirut and how the lives of Lebanon's citizens are thrown into freefall through conflicts and the repercussions of the Syrian war.