Real-life Man From Snowy River was Aboriginal, new book argues

Queen of Denmark hired as set designer on new Netflix film

Miss Marple back on the case in stories by Naomi Alderman, Ruth Ware and more

Edinburgh festivals’ recovery could take a decade, says director

A master of self-promotion: letters reveal how Philip Roth ‘hustled’ for prizes

Beyond normal: new novel brings Sally Rooney mania to bookshops across UK

‘Cat Torturers names withheld’: Edith Sitwell’s gossipy address book found

Penguin Classics launches ‘new canon’ of environmental literature

Tsitsi Dangarembga’s next work won’t be read by anyone until 2114

Paul McCartney to reveal unseen Beatles lyrics in new book

Police officer who shot Breonna Taylor has pulled out of book deal

Jill Murphy, children’s author and illustrator, dies aged 72

Advanced copies of Sally Rooney’s unpublished book sold for hundreds of dollars

Ted Cruz’s campaign may have spent $150,000 on copies of his book

Werner Herzog to tell story of Japanese soldier who refused to surrender

Sarah Ferguson’s Mills & Boon novel edges on to UK bestsellers chart

The picture book fighting back against Russia’s LGBT+ propaganda law

Bob Woodward’s third book in Trump trilogy to cover handling of pandemic

Instagram user accused of capitalising from Ijeoma Oluo’s anti-racist book

Amanda Gorman: hosting the Met Gala is like ‘Cinderella going to the ball’

Dutch literary prize ceremony cancelled over winner’s Desi Bouterse comments

Omar Sakr, Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Evelyn Araluen – on poetry in the pandemic

Sam Byers and Salena Godden shortlisted for the Gordon Burn prize

Dolly Parton to publish her first novel in 2022

Society of Authors distances itself from Philip Pullman’s tweets

Batman’s sidekick, Robin, comes out as LGBTQ in new comic

Kate Clanchy to rewrite memoir after criticism of ‘racist and ableist tropes’

‘This is the story of my life’: Jock Zonfrillo stands by controversial memoir

Kate Clanchy book may be updated to remove racial stereotypes after criticism

‘I’ll paint you a story about Jackanory…’ TV show’s art up for sale

‘Thanks for your help, Sticky’: Michael Rosen on learning to walk again after Covid

Jamaican dub poet Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze dies aged 65

Mel Brooks announces his first memoir at the age of 95

Twitter admits it verified fake account of author Cormac McCarthy

Rankin designs covers for Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy

Prince Harry should settle bird-shooting mystery in memoirs, say campaigners

Bad genes, not rock’n’roll excess, killed Elvis Presley, claims biographer

Hay festival in disarray as director quits after bullying claim upheld