Why Populists Are Winning and How to Beat Them by Liam Byrne review – a surprisingly original prescription
A former New Labour minister tackles the question of our times with rigour and verve – but blindspots remain
I wrote a book about theft and deception – and now AI scams are flooding my inbox
Authors like me are being targeted by AI-powered accounts promising exposure and fake reviews
The Guardian view on Adam Smith: he deserves rescuing from the free-market myth
Editorial: On the 250th anniversary of The Wealth of Nations, the Scottish philospher is still invoked by the right. Yet he worried about inequality, monopoly and the power of wealth
Billie Eilish set for big screen acting debut in Sarah Polley’s adaptation of The Bell Jar
Grammy-winning singer is in advanced talks to lead an adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s novel for Oscar-winning writer-director
‘Imagine, if everyone had a sex auntie’: Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on tradition as a basis for pleasure
The author tells how chronicling the sex lives of African women led her to many examples of openness around the body grounded in love and care
Do Not Go Gentle by Kathleen Stock review – the case against euthanasia
The philosopher offers a measured and reasonable argument against assisted dying
A Pale View of Hills review – two-stranded adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro novel in the shadow of the A-bomb
Kei Ishikawa’s take on Ishiguro’s first published work is frustrating and bland, undermining its fascinating characters’ emotional truths
UK Society of Authors launches logo to identify books written by humans not AI
Tracy Chevalier announces registration scheme at the London Book Fair as AI works flood market
Project Hail Mary review – Ryan Gosling’s charm carries unserious last-ditch space mission
Tale of a brilliant molecular biologist cast into outer space with only a helpful alien for company is a bit silly, but Gosling’s charisma keeps it watchable
Sex with Scorsese, beef with Sondheim … and inventing the moonwalk? The wildest moments in Liza Minnelli’s memoir
From Peter Sellers dressing like a Nazi, to having to manage her mother Judy Garland’s addiction, jaws will drop at Minnelli’s anecdotes
‘It’s a big saga with big hair’: the bonkbuster remake of one of the biggest TV dramas ever
The raunchy 80s adaptation of smash hit novel A Woman of Substance drew the highest ratings Channel 4 has ever seen. As the broadcaster goes there again, the cast and creators talk feminism, revenge – and sex caves
Big Nobody by Alex Kadis review – groovy and Greek in 70s London
A teenage girl dreams of escaping her controlling father, in this sparkling coming-of-age romp haunted by trauma
Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work
About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign
Why independent bookshops strike fear in the heart of Germany’s culture tsar
First he came for Berlin’s film festival. Now it’s books. Wolfram Weimer seems to be on a mission to curb progressive thinking, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir
Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by Liza Minnelli review – a heady brew of gossip, glamour and defiance
Lady Gaga and David Gest are among those who get ferocious dressings-down in this brutally candid memoir