Lucy Knight
Commissioning Editor at The Guardian
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theguardian.com | Lucy Knight
Aspiring crime writers now have the chance to be taught by “Agatha Christie”, thanks to a course of online video lessons by BBC Maestro. The videos “starring” the author, who died in 1976, have been made using AI-enhanced technology, licensed images and carefully restored audio recordings. Videos made using a reconstruction of Christie’s voice will share tips on everything from story structure and plot twists to the art of suspense.
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theguardian.com | Lucy Knight
He’s got knobbly knees, turned-out toes, a poisonous wart at the end of his nose … and he’s back, for the first time in more than 20 years: Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have announced they are working on a new Gruffalo book. Due out in September 2026, the as-yet-untitled picture book will return to the world of the bestselling stories The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child, which were published in 1999 and 2004 respectively.
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theguardian.com | Lucy Knight
Jane Gardam, author of books for adults and children including Old Filth and The Hollow Land, has died at the age of 96, her publisher has confirmed. The Yorkshire-born novelist’s career spanned 50 years, and she was awarded an OBE for services to literature in 2009. Her books were also nominated for the Booker prize, the Orange (now Women’s) prize and the Folio (now Writers’) prize.
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ca.style.yahoo.com | Lucy Knight
'Lyra’s world is changing’ … Philip Pullman on the third volume of The Book of Dust. Image: Dafne Keen as Lyra in the BBC adaptation of His Dark Materials.Photograph: Screen Grab/Bad Wolf/BBC/HBOPhilip Pullman has revealed he will tell the final part of Lyra Silvertongue’s story in The Rose Field, which will come out this autumn.
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theguardian.com | Lucy Knight
Philip Pullman has revealed he will tell the final part of Lyra Silvertongue’s story in The Rose Field, which will come out this autumn. It has been six years since a book about Lyra has been published – and 30 since readers first encountered her in Northern Lights, the first in Pullman’s His Dark Materials children’s fantasy trilogy.
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