Jan Pieńkowski obituary

Illustrator and creator of the Meg and Mog children’s books, who also used pop-up and paper cut-outs to thrilling effect

Hilary Peters obituary

Other lives: Founder of one of the first city farms, in London’s docklands

Anti-racism activist and co-founder of New Beacon Books, Britain’s first specialist black bookshop and publishing company

Conservative American humorist, political satirist and writer who took aim at his own generation – the baby boomers

Other lives: Linguist and Old Testament scholar who wrote extensively on biblical texts

Writer, documentary-maker and broadcaster who was the popular quizmaster of TV’s University Challenge for 25 years

Catamaran boatbuilder, Atlantic sailor and adventurer with an unconventional family life

Writer whose collection of short stories, English Magic, showed how the apparently mundane could be imbued with significance

New Zealand author who won the Booker prize in 1985 for her novel the bone people, and also wrote poetry and short stories

Other lives: Co-founder of the Bosnian Support Fund, providing aid during and after the 1990s conflict

Other lives: Singer, actor and author who wrote a trilogy of books about her experiences setting up home in the south west of France

Designer who shook up ideas of what a book cover should be and gave the Independent newspaper its distinctive look

Zen Buddhist monk and peace campaigner who brought mindfulness to the west

Adult educationist whose anthology Two Centuries of African English helped transform approaches to literature in the continent

Other lives: Lover of literature and art who was content with a life centred about his books