Is this debut novel sometimes sloppy and occasionally bad? Perhaps, but to read it is a rush

A novel that seems to add up to slightly less than the sum of its parts

The writer on her lastest novel, The Stolen Child; being chosen to write an official Cold Feet tie-in; and her Dean Koontz motto for life

Based on the Stephen King story, Osgood Perkins’s new film delivers spectacularly gruesome beheadings, eviscerations and disembowelment

The author on her childhood, the importance of reading from a young age, and the role libraries play in researching her new book

After the wildfires, and amid calls for the ‘glitz’ of the Oscars to be cancelled, the LA entertainment industry is plotting its way forward

As people – even Stephen King – flee the platform, discussion of where to move to feels underpinned by a sadness that the kind of virtual space they crave may no longer be possible

Actor plays lead in new version of 1980s legal drama Matlock, which sees lawyer avenging her daughter, who has died of opioid overdose

From the perfunctory scene-setting to the dull, formless mess of generic action-horror that follows, little new is added

The crime writer on his latest novel, his admiration for John Connolly, and his rock’n’roll sideline

From Ann Patchett read by Meryl Streep to Anne Enright read by the author, there are plenty of books to curl up with this summer

Plus: Which iconic old-timer shares his name with the doomed protagonist of Psycho?

Horror author has sold 400 million books and has a remarkable knack for capturing aspects of the national mood

New novels by Mick Herron, Stella Blómkvist, Stephen King, Victoria Selman and Richard Osman

Charlotte Gale lost her business and her home, but now she owns an island that Stephen King called ‘a novel here, just waiting to be written’

Mullingar crime writer has published a dozen novels and sold in excess of two million copies

Neil Gaiman, Stephen King and Margaret Atwood share their similar experiences with debut author

The star of Carrie, Badlands and Coal Miner’s Daughter on her decades-long career

All parents make mistakes. The best we can do is try not to make the same mistake twice

Owners of cinema groups keen to see audiences return to watch on the big screen