It’s not Orwellian for publishers to edit Roald Dahl, just commercially savvy
The industry is simply updating classics to appeal to millennial parents. The main problem seems to be the quality of the prose, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
Nicola Sturgeon’s memoirs attract fevered speculation from publishers
The departing Scottish first minister has already said she plans to write about her time in office, and publishers are showing keen interest
Iradj Bagherzade obituary
The publisher behind IB Tauris, adding a Middle Eastern perspective to western conceptions of the arts, culture and politics
British independent publishers thrive despite Brexit and Covid pandemic
Small press of the year award shortlists 48 presses that are ‘reaping the rewards from inspirational publishing’, says British book awards chair of judges
‘Big books by blokes about battles’: why we need the Women’s prize for nonfiction
Authors and publishers discuss the gender imbalance in nonfiction writing, and ask whether the newly announced award can redress it
When my memoir came out, I got a brutal shock. Vulnerable writers need protection
Nothing prepared me for revisiting my most painful times – then being criticised for it. We need industry-wide guidelines, says journalist Terri White
Barbra Streisand to publish her first memoir
In ‘one of the greatest tales of the creative life ever told’, the singer, actor and director recounts her life and 60-year career, in which she won scores of awards, many times as the first woman to do so
Blue Mountains review – brilliant Georgian shaggy-dog satire on the Soviet mindset
A welcome revival of a 1980s comedy prophesying the collapse of the Soviet Union
NoViolet Bulawayo and Margo Jefferson join ‘exciting’ Rathbones Folio prize shortlist
The newly formatted prize will, for the first time, name winners in fiction, nonfiction and poetry and the shortlist includes writers from across the world
Salman Rushdie will not promote new novel after attack
Author will not appear at launch events for Victory City, his first book since he lost the use of one eye and one hand after being stabbed, his agent has confirmed
Magical mystery tour: Paul McCartney’s unseen photos to be published in new book
1964: Eyes of the Storm will bring together 275 forgotten snapshots of the Fab Four taken by Paul as they toured six cities, including their first ever visit to the US
‘Medieval institution’: Commonwealth Guardian readers on Prince Harry’s Spare
Comments range from ‘the monarchy is valuable’ to ‘Harry and Meghan are having their cake and eating it’
Prince Harry’s Spare is fastest-selling nonfiction book since UK records began
First week of the controversial memoir’s sales breaks official UK records reports Nielsen, Guinness World Records and Waterstones
Boris Johnson to publish ‘memoir like no other’ of his time as PM
The book, which so far has no title or publication date, was announced by publisher William Collins, who did not reveal how much Johnson will be paid
Prince Harry’s memoir Spare shifts more than 1.4m copies in a day
The much-anticipated account of the troubled prince’s life has broken publisher’s previous record for first-day sales in the UK, US and Canada