The Curtis Brown Creative writing school is launching an annual novel-writing scholarship in honour of late thriller writer John le Carré, seeking out "compelling storytelling and political engagement".... Read more
The book trade is mourning the loss of thriller writer John le Carré–whose real name was David Cornwell–who died in Cornwall following a short illness on Saturday night... Read more
John le Carré has been awarded the $100,000 Olof Palme Prize, an honour awarded to outstanding achievement in the spirit of assassinated Swedish politician Olof Palme. ... Read more
Authors John le Carré, William Boyd, Sathnam Sanghera, Frederick Forsyth and Antony Beevor are among a number of public figures declaring their refusal to vote Labour in the coming general election... Read more
Almost 90 UK authors including Robert Harris, Neil Gaiman, John le Carré and Philip Pullman, have condemned Brexit in an open letter urging people to vote... Read more
Penguin this month completes publication of John le Carré’s 21-strong backlist as Penguin Modern Classics, with The Little Drummer Girl, out on 27th September.... Read more
This week Jenny Colgan celebrated 18 years of publishing, while Jessica Fellowes, Rob Biddulph, Lauren James and more celebrated new releases. Read more
Viking is preparing for a "huge" campaign around the publication of John le Carré's new book, A Legacy of Spies, dubbed "the literary event of the autumn". ... Read more
