‘Soon publishers won’t stand a chance’: literary world in struggle to detect AI-written books
US release of horror novel Shy Girl cancelled and UK book discontinued after suspected AI use, as publishers feel ‘cold shiver’
Glenn Storhaug obituary
Other lives: Poet and publisher who founded Five Seasons Press in the late 1970s to share his enthusiasm of the form
Hachette pulls horror novel Shy Girl after suspected AI use
The publisher has cancelled the US release of Shy Girl by Mia Ballard and withdrawn the UK edition after weeks of online speculation about the novel’s origins
London book fair roundup: Idris Elba’s thriller deal, the rise of romcom, and fights against censorship
The actor led the starry book deals, while publishers assessed whether US-style bans are spreading to the UK
The Guardian view on changes to copyright laws: authors should be protected over big tech
Editorial: Writers are voicing their anger at AI theft of their work with Human Authored” logos and an empty book. The government must listen
Peter Jones obituary
Other lives: English teacher who played key roles in the founding of Carcanet Press and the magazine PN Review
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
Self-publish and be scammed: Jon’s tale of heartbreak highlights boom in fraudsters using AI to supercharge book swindles
New wave of publishing fraud mimics lonely hearts swindles of old – swapping promises of true love for the fantasy of literary acclaim. And the wooing process is now fully automated
Quiz books surge in sales to their best year ever, while nonfiction takes a slide
The success of TV spinoffs such as The 1% Club Quiz Book shows a growing market for puzzles as readers crave escape from the news cycle and endless doom-scrolling
Quiz books are the answer to falling non-fiction sales, data shows
2025 was the best year for quiz book sales since records began in 1998; while Bibles also proved popular
The Guardian view on 25 years of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses: a love story that changed an industry
Editorial: Publishing has failed to deliver on its promises after Black Lives Matter. True diversity requires a lasting shift
Worried about the demise of reading? Come to France, where we’re up to our eyes in print
From hefty literary magazines to thriving book sales, the French publishing industry refuses to let printed matter die, says Paris-based writer Alexander Hurst
Arts Council England faces legal threat over magazine’s withdrawal of poet’s work
Publicly funded journal pulled poem citing writer’s ‘social media presence’, with solicitors alleging discrimination over gender-critical views
Marwan Barghouti, ‘Palestine’s Mandela’, to publish book from prison
Unbroken: In Pursuit of Freedom for Palestine is a collection of writings by the Palestinian political leader, who has been held in Israeli prisons since 2002
‘The rise of fascism makes our work even more important’: Montez Press, champions of queer, feminist art
They published a raunchy book inspired by the Guardian’s Owen Jones; broadcast interviews with obscure punk legends; and make calendars to navigate the world of underground art. Now they’re going global