Miles Franklin prize removes novel from longlist after author apologises for plagiarism

Exclusive: The Dogs by John Hughes withdrawn from $60,000 prize after novelist admits he used parts of nonfiction work of Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich ‘without realising’

Horse by Geraldine Brooks review – a confident novel of racing and race

The Australian-American author gallops through the life of a famed racehorse in the antebellum south but falters when she reaches modern America

Unseen works by ‘queen of gothic fiction’ Shirley Jackson published

Two previously unseen short stories by Jackson, rated by Stephen King as one of the great horror fiction writers, are to appear in US magazine the Strand

Murdering the competition: Richard Osman thriller tops UK library loans

Stats from 2020-21 reveal that the Pointless presenter’s The Thursday Murder Club is the biggest hit in UK libraries

‘Unflinching’ debut written ‘for something to do’ during lockdown wins top book prize

Diana Reid’s Love & Virtue wins book of the year and literary fiction category at Australian Book Industry Association’s annual awards in Sydney

Paper Cup by Karen Campbell review – a journey towards healing

A homeless woman makes a pilgrimage to return a lost engagement ring in this poignant novel

Fight Night by Miriam Toews review – a war cry for rebellious women

The relationships between three generations – child, mother, grandmother – are brilliantly observed in a novel full of humour and pain

Miles Franklin-nominated novelist apologises for plagiarising Nobel laureate ‘without realising’

Exclusive: Guardian Australia uncovers multiple near-identical phrases and scenes in John Hughes’ book The Dogs and Svetlana Alexievich’s nonfiction work The Unwomanly Face of War

Top 10 novels about things that go horribly wrong on islands

From John Fowles’s deep weirdness to Yōko Ogawa’s amnesiac dystopia, these books could put you off beach holidays for ever

The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara review – the rise and fall of a tech giant

The digital revolution is explored in this debut about a gifted coder’s journey from an Indian coconut plantation to the boardrooms of Silicon Valley

The Guardian view on time-loop fiction: when the past is imperfect

Editorial: It’s no coincidence that novels, romcoms and video games are all embracing the idea that history can be replayed

Authors at Hay festival weigh the meaning of authenticity

Who can write about whom was a running question, tackled by writers from Rose Tremain to Damon Galgut

Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams review – protest fiction for a new generation

Two writers take on a tale of exile, personal tragedy and literary friendship in a stirring reimagining of the political novel

In brief: The Ballast Seed; Miss Aldridge Regrets; Dinner Party – review

An escape from motherhood into horticulture; a murder mystery with reflections on race and class; and a subtly claustrophobic family drama

With a Mind to Kill by Anthony Horowitz review – 007 in a polished page-turner

Bond is headhunted by Smersh in a plot to eliminate the moderate Khrushchev in this rollicking Russian spy story