Train tomes: Exeter St Davids station opens book vending machine
Penguin Random House has installed a machine in the Devon city’s station, enabling travellers to buy a changing raft of titles, inspired by company founder Allen Lane
Book fraudster Filippo Bernardini spared jail
The publishing employee who targeted manuscripts from authors such as Margaret Atwood and Ian McEwan was fined and will be deported from the US
Everyone wanted me to have a literary rival – I got drunk with him instead
I’d been endlessly geed up about the ‘other Belfast novelist’, as if we were obliged to be enemies. I wasn’t having it, says writer Rachel Connolly
I believed readers only wanted trauma stories from writers of colour. Then I became an author
For so long, it seemed that readers were only interested in the experiences of people like me if we were traumatised, not triumphant – and I internalised this as an indisputable fact
Book thief who stole more than 1,000 manuscripts ‘wanted to cherish them before anyone else’
Filippo Bernardini impersonated hundreds of people in the publishing industry to target work by Margaret Atwood, Sally Rooney and Ian McEwan, but never intended to leak the books
Waterstones says ‘no truth’ in claims it refuses to sell books on gender and feminism
The retailer had been trending on social media after accusations it did not stock works by Hannah Barnes and Victoria Smith
Second John le Carré biography to reveal secrets held back while author was alive
The Secret Life of John le Carré by Adam Sisman, who published an authorised biography in 2015, promises ‘a hidden life of secrecy, passion and betrayal’
Rediscovered Terry Pratchett stories to be published
Twenty stories written under a pseudonym and never before attributed to Pratchett, who died in 2015, will be released this year by Transworld
James Bond novels to be reissued with racial references removed
The changes to the spy novels include the removal of the N-word and omitting references to the ethnicity of minor characters
Stormzy’s #Merky Books launches literature festival to ‘inspire young creatives’
The grime star said he was ‘proud’ to offer the two-day event headlined by Wretch 32, John Agard and Malorie Blackman
Censorship or context? Australian book industry wrestles with how to refresh outdated classics
Australia has a history of removing controversial elements from children’s texts, but the question of whether they should be edited is not easy to answer
Roald Dahl publisher announces unaltered 16-book ‘classics collection’
Series will be released alongside controversially amended versions to leave readers ‘free to choose which version they prefer’
Alastair Brotchie obituary
Other lives: Author and publisher who brought avant-garde European literature to the UK market in readable translations
Return of the Grinch: sequel to Dr Seuss classic will hit shelves before Christmas
How the Grinch Lost Christmas! will take place one year on and see the green grouch try to prove he has grown to love the festive season
Publisher of Roald Dahl books in French has ‘no plans’ for rewrite
Gallimard says it will not be following English example and making any changes to the texts