Liz Truss, we see the Dickensian world you dream of – and we refuse to go there
The prime minister has a plan, but people know it will leave them poorer, colder and hungrier, says writer and broadcaster Michael Rosen
‘Everyone’s got a book in them’: boom in memoir industry as ordinary people record their stories
Companies providing ghostwritten autobiographies for people wanting to share histories have seen surge in trade since Covid
Renowned Melbourne bookstore in war of words with authors over ‘traumatic’ pay dispute
Readings boss sends angry rebuke after more than 250 writers campaigned for better pay and conditions for booksellers
France sets minimum book delivery fee in anti-Amazon struggle
€3 charge aims to gives independent booksellers a chance against e-commerce firms that use free delivery loophole
Swedish gaming giant buys Lord of the Rings and Hobbit rights
Embracer buys Middle-earth Enterprises which controls intellectual property rights to Tolkien’s most famous works
Waterstones hit by ‘nightmare’ stock issues after warehouse system upgrade
Technical difficulties have led to backlog of unfulfilled orders and stock shortages in store for the bookshop chain
Pearson plans to sell its textbooks as NFTs
Educational publisher’s move into non-fungible tokens is intended to claw back some of the income lost to secondhand sales
Economics made simple: 10 experts on where the cost of living crisis came from, and where it’s heading
Rampant inflation, war in Ukraine, Brexit… we ask 10 experts to explain what the economic crisis means for Britain and how we should respond
Influence Empire by Lulu Chen review – the story of China’s Tencent
A fascinating study of the tech giant and its symbiotic relationship with the Chinese government
Access All Areas by Barbara Charone review – my rock’n’roll friends
One of the most formidable music PRs in rock, ‘BC’ opens up about her decades of hanging out with the likes of Keith Richards, Mark Ronson and Madonna
The Digital Republic by Jamie Susskind review – why the west was no match for the tech giants
The power of tech corporations is a threat to democracy, yet governments are reluctant to take action. This refreshing book picks apart the ideology that holds them back
Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury reports record sales amid reading boom
People who turned to books during Covid lockdowns continuing to buy them, company says
Costa book awards scrapped suddenly after 50 years
Coffee company announces ‘difficult decision’ to end the prizes, sparking a chorus of disappointment across the books industry
‘After lockdown, things exploded’ – how TikTok triggered a books revolution
Have teenagers taken control of publishing? With some authors notching up a billion views, we look at how TikTok is electrifying the world of books – creating bestsellers, reviving classics and rescuing neglected genres
Lost in La Mancha review – landmark doc of Terry Gilliam’s cinematic nightmare
Gilliam’s epic travails filming Don Quixote are well worth seeing again – and should be on the syllabus at every film school