Novelist Marian Keyes to headline Primadonna literary festival

Celebration of female writers will have alternative wedding chapel where women can ‘marry’ themselves

As Hay festival opens in the UAE, authors condemn free speech abuses

Stephen Fry, Noam Chomsky and more than 40 NGOs say the country’s support for the event is at odds with its record on human rights

Pinocchio review – wooden-puppet fairytale goes back to the sweet-sour original

Director and co-writer Matteo Garrone embraces the grotesqueness and sentimentality of Collodi’s 1883 story

First Cow review – Kelly Reichardt’s superbly chewy tale of milk cakes in the old west

The Meek’s Cutoff director returns with a distinctive story about a pair of drifters trying to make money by stealing milk from a newly-arrived cow

The Last Thing He Wanted review – misfiring Anne Hathaway thriller

Mudbound director Dee Rees stumbles with a confused Netflix adaptation of Joan Didion’s political thriller about a conflicted journalist in the 80s

Shirley review – Elisabeth Moss anchors darkly compelling literary psychodrama

A perversely entertaining take on a brief period of Shirley Jackson’s life gives the star one of her most daring roles to date

Books, Bollywood and barbs: the magic of the Jaipur literature festival

Critics may carp, but stellar lineups, celebrity sightings and swarming crowds make Jaipur the world’s biggest literary event

Marieke Hardy steps down as Melbourne Writers festival artistic director amid historic deficit

Festival spokeswoman says organisation’s financial position had nothing to do with Hardy’s departure

Broadside 2019: how a feminist festival took on feminism – and forced us to think harder

Zadie Smith, Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Jia Tolentino and Nayuka Gorrie challenge their audiences to do the work at a paradigm-shifting event

Ariel Levy on Demi Moore: ‘She was sick of people trying to tell her who she should be’

From hosting a podcast about Jeffrey Epstein to ghostwriting for one of Hollywood’s most famous, the journalist reflects on life after her ‘trial by fire’

The Personal History of David Copperfield review – Iannucci relishes the absurdity

The London film festival opened with Armando Iannucci’s larger-than-life adaptation of the Dickens crowdpleaser, starring Dev Patel as Copperfield

Monica Lewinsky and Zadie Smith to headline new feminist ideas festival in Australia

Helen Garner, Jia Tolentino and Aminatou Sow will also feature in November’s Broadside festival in Melbourne hosted by the Wheeler Centre

How to Build a Girl review – Caitlin Moran memoir becomes funny and generous film

Beanie Feldstein nails the Wolverhampton accent in this warm hearted and acid tongued tale of growing up into a gunslinging music journalist

The Goldfinch review – Donna Tartt adaptation settles for silver

An elegantly made attempt to transport the Pulitzer prize-winning novel to the screen boasts a strong cast but a confused emotional focus

The Personal History of David Copperfield review: Dev Patel shines in Iannucci’s charmer

The satirist proves to be a perfect match for the ups and downs of the Dickens wordsmith in a buoyant and incredibly funny crowd-pleaser