Nick Hornby: ‘I can quote more Molesworth than I can Shakespeare’
The High Fidelity author on how Anne Tyler changed his life, his love for Larry McMurty’s westerns, and why he’s pleased he didn’t write David Copperfield
Watch Roald Dahl’s The Twits: a disgustingly delightful reading – video
The classic tale of the gruesome twosome is presented in an unabridged theatrical reading, filmed at the Unicorn in London
Yusef Salaam: ‘Trump would have had me hanging from a tree in Central Park’
Wrongly jailed for gang rape – a case which inspired Trump to call for the death penalty – Salaam has poured his experiences into a novel about hope, justice and race
Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels
A search for spaghetti, an unwilling superhero, fighting slavery in Jamaica and the best new YA novels
Elaine Moss obituary
Other lives: Elaine Moss both wrote children’s books and advised publishers on other writers’ work
Glued to Roald Dahl: the Guardian will stream The Twits
A theatrical reading of the children’s classic, directed by Ned Bennett, will be free online from 5 September
Jenny Agutter: the original railway child still bringing hope to prisoners
The actress has recorded a reading from the classic film for the Liberty Choir charity, which helps rehabilitate prisoners. Here she tells the choir’s founder why she feels she must help
The Baby-Sitters Club: the perfect PG escape for millennials and their kids – or anyone, really
If you’re avoiding Netflix’s updated series because Ann M Martin’s books meant too much to you, do not fear: this is a reboot done right
Pinocchio review – Matteo Garrone crafts a satisfyingly bizarre remake
Drawing on the original children’s story for his new live-action version, the Gomorrah director combines sentimentality and the grotesque in a unique way
Michael Rosen completes new book after long battle with Covid-19
Author, who was in intensive care for 47 days, says he has written Rigatoni the Pasta Cat after returning home to the ‘friendly blanket’ of writing
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer review – dusk falls on Twilight saga
This plodding retelling of the first book from Edward’s perspective is a 750-page exercise in toothless tedium
Goodnight Moon redrawn as Good Morning Zoom for Covid-era kids
Investment banker Lindsay Rechler has rewritten classic story to ‘to explain to my children why their world was turned upside down’
Children’s book pays tribute to ‘health heroes’ of Covid-19 pandemic
Book tells stories of people who have helped keep health and care services afloat during crisis
Robin Stevens: ‘We assume writing for adults is the pinnacle, but what book changed your life?’
As her bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series comes to an end, the children’s author talks about cosy crime, gay characters and watching her schoolgirl detectives grow up
‘Utterly joyful’ Look Up! wins Waterstones children’s book of the year
Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola’s picture book about a science-mad young black girl trying to distract her brother from his phone takes £5,000 award