Authors file a lawsuit against OpenAI for unlawfully ‘ingesting’ their books

Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay allege that their books, which are copyrighted, were ‘used to train’ ChatGPT because the chatbot generated ‘very accurate summaries’ of the works

‘People still do not want women to succeed or be equal. While that is true, you need Virago’: 50 years of the warrior publisher

Formed to ‘break the silence’ for female voices and still as essential and influential as ever, fans and founding members pay tribute to the trailblazing feminist press

Robert Gottlieb obituary

American editor who worked with many celebrated authors including Anthony Burgess, Doris Lessing and Joseph Heller

Disney+ documentary reignites anger over Marvel Comics’ cult of Stan Lee

Families of artists Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby, and broadcaster Jonathan Ross, say pair were at forefront of creating Marvel characters

Unfinished novel by Françoise Sagan published posthumously

The Four Corners of the Heart was discovered by her son after the death of the French author, best known for Bonjour Tristesse, written when she was just 18

‘I dread to think what they’d make of it on Dragons’ Den’: how poetry journals survive

Butcher’s Dog magazine was set to close this year, but readers have rallied to fund a year’s reprieve. It’s one of many that get by with few resources but love

Female novelists don’t need their own prizes. Let’s abolish them

Barbara Kingsolver and others are no longer oppressed – they dominate book sales

‘Eat, pray, pander’: mixed reactions after Elizabeth Gilbert pulls Russia-set novel

Author’s decision to remove The Snow Forest from publication because of Russia-Ukraine war sparks intense debate

Eat, Pray, Love author withdraws new Russia-set novel from publication

Elizabeth Gilbert says now is ‘not the time for this book to be published’, following anger from Ukrainian readers over The Snow Forest, set in Siberia

Dilemma for UK authors as Russia offers huge sums for escapist fiction

Writers are receiving enticing bids for foreign rights to their books this spring, but many feel they cannot accept the money while the war continues

One in three say books offer best form of escapism when having a bad day

A survey by the Publishers Association found reading to be more popular than going to the cinema or browsing social media, coming second only to watching TV

Call for new writers of colour as entries open for the 4thWrite short story prize

The winner will receive £1,000, and have their story featured on the Guardian website

The Guardian view on Bloomsbury’s success: publishing wizardry

Editorial: The Harry Potter publisher ascribes its record profits to a hunger for affordable diversion. That’s the magic of books

Caster Semenya to publish ‘unflinching’ memoir with Stormzy’s #Merky Books

In The Race to Be Myself, the Olympian athlete will detail her battle for permission to compete as a woman with hyperandrogenism

Bloomsbury reports sales surge as people buy books as ‘affordable diversion’

Harry Potter publisher says in challenging economic times books are seen as cheap form of entertainment