Wimbledon is here! Celebrate the great British fortnight with these great tennis books.
The trailer is out for Goodbye Christopher Robin, an “upcoming biopic that will give us a look at the life of A.A. Milne, creator of the Winnie the Pooh series, as well as his relationship with his son, Christopher.”
The Pool recommends classics to revisit this summer.
The Harry Potter anniversary, you may have noticed, is the gift that keeps on giving, and this week, there’s news that Covent Garden members’ club The Library is hosting a dinner series in its honour.
Waterstones’ books of the month include Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad and Emmanuel Carrere’s The Adversary.
Tim Adams reviews Matthew Engel’s That’s The Way It Crumbles: The American Conquest of the English Language.
Podcasts
On Bookclub, Deborah Levy talks to James Naughtie and other readers about her novel Swimming Home.
Book Riot’s new podcast, Annotated, looks at the cultural background and implications of George Orwell’s 1984.
Rob and Kate of Adventures with Words are back, with two new books to talk about.
