Can joining Substack allow a ‘midlist’ author the same success as Booker prize winners?

Freedom to write what you like and a chance to build an army of followers, some of whom will pay to read your posts. It worked for Salman Rushdie, so Tim Lott decided to give it a go

Jamie Oliver and Geri Halliwell-Horner become the latest celebrities to announce children’s books

Publishers have faced criticism for producing books considered ‘an easy sell’

David Gadsby obituary

Other lives: Educational publisher who launched a range of books of songs and poetry for children

Ken Campbell obituary

Other lives: Book artist who designed and printed by letterpress and whose work is collected in the US Library of Congress

Just Sayin’ by Malorie Blackman review – against the odds

The former children’s laureate shares her sometimes enraging story of rejection, determination and resilience

Virago founder Carmen Callil was a powerhouse who changed the publishing world for the better

The publisher and writer – who has died aged 84 – was a pioneering champion of female writers. Virago’s chair Lennie Goodings remembers her long-time colleague and friend

Dame Carmen Callil obituary

Publisher who founded Virago, which champions women’s writing and books on feminist topics

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to publish memoir about her years in jail in Iran

The book, to be written with her husband Richard Ratcliffe, will detail her time in prison and the campaign for her release

Carmen Callil, pioneering champion of female writers, dies aged 84

Publisher who founded Virago Press began as a campaigning outsider who introduced UK readers to authors including Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood

Four Nobels and counting: Fitzcarraldo, the little publisher that could

With its swathe of award-winning writers and distinctive blue covers, the independent press takes risks on boundary-pushing writing – and it’s paying off

The Guardian view on Annie Ernaux: a vintage Nobel winner

Editorial: One of France’s finest writers has joined an all too select bunch of female laureates. And about time too

‘Miracle find’: rare Don Quixote and short stories could sell for €900k

Sotheby’s describes 17th-century Cervantes editions as a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity for collectors

‘Electrifying’ book about women with disabilities sells for six figures

Who Wants Normal?, a ‘memoir, handbook, celebration and call to action’ by Frances Ryan has been bought by Fig Tree after a nine-publisher auction

Bill Bryson breaks retirement to record Christmas audiobook

Despite assertions that he is ‘enjoying not doing anything’, author pens The Secret History of Christmas to reveal Santa’s true identity

Tom Hanks announces ‘wildly ambitious’ first novel

The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece spans 80 years and is said to be ‘thoughtful, poignant and hugely entertaining’