‘Intense’ novel about robot abused by her boyfriend/owner wins Arthur C Clarke science fiction award
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer wins £2,025 for ‘compelling tale that, like all good stories about robots, is ultimately about the human condition’
The Original by Nell Stevens review – queering the Victorians
This flamboyant tale of fakers and forgery, straddling the turn of the 20th century, is a smart and witty investigation into love and authenticity
‘I’m so humbled’: western Sydney’s Winnie Dunn up for $60,000 Miles Franklin literary award for debut novel
Dunn, the first Tongan novelist published in Australia, is up against two-time winner Michelle de Kretser, who just won the Stella prize
Among Friends by Hal Ebbott review – how to blow up your life
All seems perfect for these rich and successful New Yorkers – until a bond is violently shattered in this sharp and pleasurable debut
Reconstruction review – teens re-enact crimes for state-driven pantomime in communist Romania
Lucian Pintilie’s grimly ironic 1968 film is based on real events, in which delinquents are forced to act out their brawl in front of government cameras
Is he still alive? The mystery of DB Cooper – the hijacker who disappeared
In 1971, a man held a plane to ransom for $200,000, then parachuted out in his suit and dress shoes, never to be seen again. What happened to him?
Simon Majaro obituary
Other lives: Management consultant, author and patron of chamber music
Endling by Maria Reva review – a Ukrainian caper upended by war
Jaw-dropping formal invention turns this witty heist tale of endangered snails and ‘mail-order’ brides into an urgent dispatch about writing during conflict
My perfect holiday reading, by Bernardine Evaristo, David Nicholls, Zadie Smith and more
From novels and short stories, to biography and history, leading authors recommend their favourite recent books and the ones they can’t wait to dive into
Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now
From dazzling debuts to unmissable memoirs, prize-winning novels to page-turning histories … Plus our pick of paperbacks and children’s fiction
Chris Hammer: ‘The suburbs can be delightfully sinister. The blandness is a great setting for crime books’
The novelist reflects on his trip along the drought-stricken Murray-Darling that prompted the leap into writing and how the Australian bush inspires his bestselling crime fiction
The best recent crime and thrillers – roundup
Fox by Joyce Carol Oates; A Schooling in Murder by Andrew Taylor; Death of a Diplomat by Eliza Reid; Actually, I’m a Murderer by Terry Deary; Can You Solve the Murder? by Antony Johnston
Graham Norton: ‘The Bell Jar changed how I felt about books’
The TV presenter and author on discovering the beauty of Charles Dickens and why John Fowles put him off writing for 30 years
Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie review – the joy of the hatchet job
Is giving an artist a one-star review an act of abuse? An influential theatre critic finds out in this smart story of #MeToo-era revenge
Wait Here by Lucy Nelson review – stories of childless women that are complex and wonderfully varied
Instead of reducing its characters to one-dimensional traits, this debut collection is a compassionate rendering of the many different ways to shape a family and a life