Through gilets jaunes, strikes and Covid, Paris's 400-year-old book stalls fight to survive

‘I’m more optimistic’: poet laureate Simon Armitage tells of Britain’s great ordeal

In a year of forced solitude, Barcelona rediscovers the companionship of books

Barry Lopez, award-winning Arctic Dreams author, has died aged 75

Alan Bennett’s 2020 diary reveals growing health struggles

Albrecht Dürer may not have written Lament on Luther, finds study

Richard Osman becomes first debut author to land Christmas No 1

Lawsuit over 'warmer' Sherlock depicted in Enola Holmes dismissed

Pioneering fairytale author Madame d'Aulnoy back in print after centuries

‘Naked and starving’: letters tell how English paupers fought for rights 200 years ago

David Constantine wins Queen's gold medal for poetry

Paperchase removes card with orphan joke after protest from Lemn Sissay

Unseen Shirley Jackson story to be published

Simone de Beauvoir's 'remarkable' letters to Violette Leduc sold at auction

Julie Burchill's publisher cancels book contract over Islam tweets

'Titan of English literature': tributes flow for John le Carré

John le Carré: a life in pictures

John le Carré, author of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, dies aged 89

New Batman will be black, DC Comics announces

Édouard Louis ‘in very bad way’ after man accused of his rape has charge dropped

Elizabeth Barrett Browning letter describing lonely quarantine up for sale

Evaristo says 'powerful statement' to be first black female head of UK drama school

Prime Minister's Literary awards: Tara June Winch wins in record-breaking year for Indigenous work

Isaac Newton notes almost destroyed by dog sell for £380,000

'Do we really need it?' Council leader questions library service after months of closure

Questions raised over charity seeking to buy JRR Tolkien's Oxford house

Bad sex award cancelled as public exposed to ‘too many bad things in 2020’

Nobel literature prize winner Louise Glück to publish new poetry in 2021

No buts: Keir Starmer did not inspire Helen Fielding's Mark Darcy

Roald Dahl's family apologises for his antisemitism

The book of love: 400-year-old tome of John Donne’s poems is unveiled

Ian Rankin to complete William McIlvanney’s final novel The Dark Remains

UK’s public libraries record another year of cuts, with yet more on the way

Russian doping whistleblower wins William Hill Sports Book of Year

Campaign to buy JRR Tolkien's house backed by Lord of the Rings actors

English bookshops reopen, hoping for Christmas trade rescue after lockdown

A third of UK children do not see themselves reflected in books, finds survey

Maggie O'Farrell's 'wonderful' Hamnet declared Waterstones book of the year

Mary Trump to release new book on ‘America’s national trauma’