Richard Webb obituary
Other lives: Publisher who turned a rediscovered manuscript into the global bestseller The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
Erotic Review ‘moving away from the male gaze’ with 80% female contributors
The relaunched magazine’s second issue will also showcase ‘more diverse and inclusive explorations of desire’ and one of the last works by Scottish author John Burnside
Posthumous Gerald Durrell autobiography to be published
Myself and Other Animals draws on an unfinished memoir and a book from a trip to Australia in 1969, and will coincide with what would have been the author’s 100th birthday
TikTok meets Tolkien: how the Folio Society attracted gen Z readers
The publishing house is booming thanks to sci-fi and fantasy novels – and a love of artisanal editions
Major publishers sue Florida over ‘unconstitutional’ school book ban
Hundreds of titles from Judy Blume to Mark Twain purged from school libraries following rightwing challenges
‘It could disappear for ever’: Anger over sale of George Orwell archive
Businesses are selling off priceless documents piecemeal, after publisher gave the order to ‘get rid of’ them
Search begins for new writers of colour as 4thWrite prize opens for entries
Call for submissions from unpublished Black, Asian and minority ethnic writers for award which has previously recognised Guy Gunaratne and Bolu Babalola
Unfinished Zora Neale Hurston novel to be published 65 years after her death
The novelist’s final work, The Life of Herod the Great, will be published in January
Ferdia Lennon wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for “riotous” novel Glorious Exploits
Described as a ‘masterclass in tragicomedy’, the novel, set in Syracuse in 412BC, follows two locals who decide to stage Medea in a quarry using prisoners as actors
Show up, love the process, don’t follow trends: insider tips on how to write a book
If you have a book in you, a novelist, an agent and a publisher each share their top three golden rules for getting it out
Authors ask Waterstones to rehire worker fired after tweet about gender-critical writer
Over 500 industry professionals sign open letter to bookseller after employee’s post about ‘tearing up books’ by Christina Dalcher
‘The greatest thinker you’ve never heard of’: expert who explained Hitler’s rise is finally in the spotlight
After fleeing Hitler, brilliant Jewish economist Karl Polanyi was never welcomed by the British. Now, for the first time in 80 years, his masterwork The Great Transformation has been published in the UK
‘He made every sentence electric’: Martin Amis remembered by Tina Brown, his old friend and devoted editor
He called her Tiny. She called him Bruno. In this speech from today’s memorial service to the novelist, the legendary magazine editor celebrates her cocky, beguiling and witheringly funny star writer
Cutting their own checks: authors seek help to plug their own books after cuts by publishers
Writers say investments in book promotion to augment publishers’ in-house staff are key to success
Bill Gates to tell his ‘origin story’ in memoir
Source Code: My Beginnings, out next year, will include ‘some of the tougher parts’ of the entrepreneur’s early life