Gillian Flynn should carry on creating ‘bad women’ – they’re saving TV
Far from being criticised, the Gone Girl author should be applauded
Retail chain The Works plans £100m stock market float
Owners and management of cut-price books, crafts and toy seller in line for £36.7m payout
Huge demand for Gareth Southgate – as after-dinner speaker
England’s World Cup stars wanted for motivation and memoirs, say celebrity bookers
Richard and Judy under fire from Book Club creator
Couple accused of using club’s integrity to make money
Stormzy launches publishing imprint, #Merky Books, with Penguin Random House
The chart-topping grime rapper will publish his own book, Rise Up, with the new imprint, which will be ‘a platform for young writers’
Damaged Goods: The Inside Story of Sir Philip Green, the Collapse of BHS and the Death of the High Street by Oliver Shah – review
A damning account of Green’s rise and fall reveals the hubris of the Topshop tycoon who charmed the rich and powerful
Plus-size superhero Faith to get own movie
Sony and Valiant Comics are teaming up to make the ‘sci-fi-loving geek with telekinetic superpowers’ Hollywood’s first plus-sized superhero
‘Aloof and academic’ Blackwell’s comes off campus as book sales surge
Fiction, cookery and pop culture titles spell success for retailer, which has become the UK’s fastest-growing bookseller
Why are middle-aged women invisible on book covers?
Even when they’re central to the story, women over 40 are getting pushed to one side when it’s time to design the book jacket
Harry Potter and Tom Kerridge fuel Bloomsbury’s record revenue
Publisher hits £161.5m takings, driven by Potter sales and Lose Weight for Good
Waterstones U-turns over unbranded bookshop in Edinburgh
Stockbridge branch to open under Waterstones name rather than appearing independent
Waterstones accused of breaking pledge not to take on independents
Bookseller under fire for opening unbranded Edinburgh store in competition with existing shop
Barnes & Noble: why it could soon be the bookshop’s final chapter
America’s biggest bookstore chain has seen its sales slide for 11 years. With its stock price falling 8%, is the writing on the wall?
Paul Singer: the secretive wizard casting a spell over Waterstones
Activist financier who bought bookshop has colourful record
Waterstones bookshops bought by hedge fund Elliott Advisors
Chief executive James Daunt, who will stay in post, has overseen a turnaround in profits for the retailer. He says the deal is a testament to ‘old-fashioned bookselling’