Gatz review – the Great Gatsby performed in eight and a half hours of attentive, immersive joy
F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel – read aloud in full, on a stage set as a drab office – finds new life in this utterly transfixing show
‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics
Her research popularised the idea of the wood wide web, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the forest in a new book, she discusses her battle to reimagine our relationship with nature
The Guardian view on changes to copyright laws: authors should be protected over big tech
Editorial: Writers are voicing their anger at AI theft of their work with Human Authored” logos and an empty book. The government must listen
Grammarly removes AI Expert Review feature mimicking writers after backlash
Feature generated editing suggestions inspired by well-known authors and academics, prompting a class-action lawsuit over the use of real names without consent
‘I could barely think because it was so bad’: how pain changes us
After living with chronic pain, Darcey Steinke wanted to know how it affected others. Her memoir, This Is the Door, explores both isolation and freedom
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan; The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan; Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison; Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman; Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran
Daisy Johnson: ‘I wasn’t a fan of David Szalay, but Flesh is a masterpiece’
The Booker-shortlisted author on a momentous teenage encounter with The Bone People, getting a buzz from Peter Høeg’s Miss Smilla, and trying to avoid The Lorax
Light and Thread by Han Kang review – a tantalising book of reflections
These essays from the Nobel literature winner open up her novels and offer beautiful imagery
Hooked by Asako Yuzuki review – follow-up to global hit Butter
A Tokyo high-flyer tries to befriend her favourite blogger in a novel that wears its aura of black comedy lightly, and its political statements more heavily
Official BookTok chart set to launch in the UK
Offering a monthly Top 20 rundown, the ranking will combine retail sales data with social media engagement on TikTok
Strange Beach by Oluwaseun Olayiwola audiobook review – a debut that dances with passion
The dancer and author gives this collection clarity and warmth as he narrates poems about family, queer identity, hedonism and race
In Bloom by Liz Allan review – an electric debut of grunge and teen spirit
Four fatherless girls in a band set out to escape their deprived Australian coastal town, in a dark, raw tale of friendship and abuse
‘I said no, then I just gave up’: Brooke Nevils on her sexual assault claims about one of TV’s biggest stars
The former NBC producer says she was repeatedly assaulted by Matt Lauer, an anchor at the network – then spent years blaming herself in the aftermath. She talks about power, preconceptions and life after #MeToo
Fourteen Ways of Looking by Erin Vincent review – an exhilarating, dazzling reckoning with grief
The author confronts the trauma of losing her parents as a teenager in a succession of fragments – almost all of which contain the word ‘fourteen’
‘The light will always outshine the dark’: trauma surgeon Shehan Hettiaratchy on his harrowing, heartening calling
After operating on victims of the Westminster attack in 2017 and visiting Ukraine and Gaza, Hettiaratchy has seen more horror than most can imagine – but he still believes in humanity, optimism and selflessness