Ron DeSantis book announcement a clear sign of presidential ambition

Tsitsi Dangarembga, Anne Carson and Mary Gaitskill honoured by Royal Society of Literature

Kim Moore wins Forward poetry prize for ‘phenomenal’ poems about everyday sexism

It ain’t me babe: Bob Dylan apologises for using a machine to autograph books

Woman’s name and tiny sketches found in 1,300-year-old medieval text

Irish amateur historian on lonely mission to save ‘bogeyman’ Cromwell from genocide charges

Britain is a ‘bifurcated place nowadays’, says Julian Barnes

James Norton to star in West End version of bestselling novel A Little Life

Children’s authors of colour published in UK rose to 11.7% of market in 2021

Paramount scraps $2.2bn sale of Simon & Schuster publishing to Penguin

Oxford word of the year to face its first public vote

Recently discovered Wind in the Willows illustration to be sold at auction

£50K Baillie Gifford non-fiction prize won by Katherine Rundell

TikTok to sell books directly to users via marketplace

Marcus Sedgwick, celebrated children’s author, dies aged 54

Tess Gunty and Imani Perry among National Book Award winners

Want to buy Joan Didion’s sunglasses? That’ll be $27,000. Her broken clock? $35,000

Olivia Douglass wins 4thWrite prize for ‘gripping’ short story Ink

Nadine Dorries to write book about Boris Johnson’s ‘dramatic downfall’

Joelle Taylor’s C+nto & Othered Poems, about butch lesbian culture, wins Polari prize

Michelle Obama admits to hating her appearance in new book

Colm Tóibín quits role at Irish literary festival in row over volunteers

FTX crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried subject of new book by Michael Lewis

Mindfulness books for children are a runaway publishing trend

Far-right activist Tommy Robinson ‘using former IRA mole to spy on opponents’

One in five children’s books features character of colour – but fiction lags behind

Goldsmiths prize goes to collaborative duo Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams

HarperCollins union workers go on strike over pay ‘for as long as it takes’

Swedish author Karin Smirnoff pens new Dragon Tattoo novel

Trump said Pence was ‘too honest’ over January 6 plot, says ex-vice-president in book

BookTrust launches Christmas appeal with research showing parents buying fewer presents

A Little Life: four-hour adaptation of divisive queer novel heading to Adelaide festival

Anthony Burgess translation of Molière’s The Miser comes to light for first time

Parliamentary report calls for government to support and modernise libraries

Independent booksellers unimpressed by Prince Harry memoir being sold at half-price

Brigitte Giraud becomes 13th woman to win Prix Goncourt

British-Egyptian hunger striker may die in prison, Nobel laureates warn world leaders attending Cop27

Julie Powell, food writer and blogger behind Julie & Julia, dies aged 49

US judge blocks $2.2bn Penguin Random House merger