Beginning with his acclaimed 2018 debut novel The Loney, Andrew Michael Hurley has spooked readers with his tales of strange rural communities – and now they're moving to film and TV.

The news that Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are starring in Emerald Fennell's take on Emily Brontë's romance has caused a storm – no surprise in an age of increased casting scrutiny.

Don’t dismiss Austen’s novels as satires of another era. From how her characters ‘game’ the system to their desire to marry for love, her plots, and advice, remain highly useful today.

Even Jane Austen devotees often haven’t read her final – and unfinished – novel. But ever since Austen’s death 200 years ago, many writers have taken it upon themselves to complete.

On the 200th anniversary of her death, we take a look at six surprising stories about the enduringly popular novelist.

The greatest epic poem in the English language, John Milton’s Paradise Lost, has divided critics – but its influence on English literature is second only to Shakespeare’s.

As a new tale of the famous literary sisters arrives on TV, Hephzibah Anderson takes a look at how their strange and sad history influenced ‘the best writers’ group that ever was’.

Marking the birthday of Oscar Wilde on 16 October, Arwa Haider looks at the revolutionary love letter he wrote in prison.