Terry Pratchett

Children’s and YA fiction: a bumper crop for the ‘middle grade’

Reviews of titles by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald, Siobhán Parkinson, Judi Curtin, Paul Gamble and Peter Bunzl, plus Harry Potter ebooks from JK Rowling

Rhianna Pratchett reboots Lara Croft, kicking gamer ass

Her retooling of the Tomb Raider icon has earned her pride of place in the gaming industry

Fantasy comic novelist loved by his readers

Terry Pratchett: April 28th, 1948 – March 12th, 2015

Terry Pratchett dies after long illness, aged 66

Best-selling fantasy author had suffered from Alzheimer’s since 2007

Fantasy writer Terry Pratchett dies at the age of 66

Discworld author had rare form of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease

David Butler: ‘Great writers enrich experience, even the mundane’

Brought to Book Q&A: Author of The Judas Kiss and City of Dis on what he reads and how he writes

On the science of wizards, aliens and starships

Princeton professor Charles Adler deconstructs what is and is not plausible in the worlds of Harry Potter or Avatar

Television: Gyllenhaal dips her toe in television; Norah Casey puts a foot in the grave

Maggie Gyllenhaal is terrific in ‘The Honourable Woman’ while ‘Way to Go’ looks at death in a roundabout way

Joseph O’Connor shortlisted for comic novel of the year

Sebastian Faulks, Hanif Kureishi and Helen Fielding are rivals for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize

Classics every child should read

From gripping adventure to the deliciously scary, Anna Carey recommends 10 top childhood reads

Neil Gaiman's vision: ‘I wanted to get across what it’s like to be a kid in a strange world’

Neil Gaiman has written comic books, adult fiction, children’s stories and ‘Doctor Who’ episodes, but his latest novel took root in his Suffolk childhood

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