Buyers of Liza Minnelli memoir claim it was not signed by hand
Premium editions of Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! cost up to $250 but some say signatures are unnaturally identical
The Savage Landscape by Cal Flyn review – a carnival of a book about Earth’s wild places
An extraordinary exploration of wilderness and its meaning that takes us from the ocean floor to volcanic peaks
Sarah Wynn-Williams and Virginia Giuffre jointly win freedom to publish prize at British book awards
In a rare public appearance, Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams warned of ‘networks of powerful elites’ using wealth and influence to silence dissenting voices
Carol Rumens obituary
Poet, poetry editor and writer of the Guardian’s long-running Poem of the Week column
Michael Pennington obituary
Distinguished classical actor and co-founder of the English Shakespeare Company who brought sardonic dash and physical grace to his many stage roles
John of John by Douglas Stuart review – will a father and son come out to each other?
The Booker winner’s epic tale of gay love and loneliness in the Hebrides charts an uneasy homecoming against a backdrop of repression
What happens when we lose a language?
A staggering 44% of human languages are endangered – with culture, tradition and whole ways of understanding the world at stake
‘I don’t know what could top that’: debut author Jem Calder on being discovered by Sally Rooney
His first story collection, Reward System, was a cult hit. Now comes a novel that’s a bleakly funny appraisal of millennial relationships, technology and ennui. He talks about love, precarity and being called the ‘voice of a generation’
Israel: What Went Wrong? by Omer Bartov review – the long view
An erudite account of the foundation of the state and its subsequent moral and political decline
‘They’re trying to narrow the worldview of young people’: how book bans are on the rise in the US
Rising tide of censorship is spreading, reshaping what students are permitted to read, learn and think
The rise of the literary nepo baby? The children of famous novelists on following in their parents’ footsteps
From Naomi Ishiguro to Jess Atwood Gibson, more children of high profile writers are becoming authors themselves. Parents and their literary offspring discuss the pressures of measuring up
Amandaland to Olof Dreijer: the week in rave reviews
Lucy Punch’s middle-class antihero is back, and one half of the Knife presents an album of dazzlingly inventive psychedelia. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
The Guardian view on writers’ retirements: the sense of an ending
Editorial: Michael Frayn and Julian Barnes have announced that they won’t be writing any more books. It is a hard habit to kick
‘She made Mondays something to look forward to’: readers pay tribute to Carol Rumens, Guardian’s Poem of the week columnist
Rumens, whose column ran for nearly 20 years and developed a loyal readership, died this week aged 81
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
The Republic of Memory by Mahmud El Sayed; The Rainshadow Orphans by Naomi Ishiguro; No Ghosts by Max Lury; Palaces of the Crow by Ray Nayler; Moon Over Brendle by Jeff Noon