Nick Kent obituary
Other lives: Journalist on the Daily Mirror who co-founded the Greyhound Star newspaper before moving into book publishing
Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading
Bookshop chain says people are keen to escape their screens and says rise in sales is partly down to BookTok
Lucina Prestige obituary
Other lives: Founder of Renaissance Press, publishing work of leading poets George Bruce and Alan Spence
The end of the road? What The Salt Path scandal means for the nature memoir
It wasn’t the first hit memoir to tell a story of redemption inspired by the great outdoors – but could it become one of the last? Authors and publishers assess the damage
Russia has also declared war on literature. Look at what’s happening and be warned
Books – on LGBT themes or Ukraine – are Moscow’s target this time. And there as elsewhere, self-censorship is amplifying oppressors’ work, says journalist Anna Aslanyan
I’m a writer from the Balkans. Why do people assume I only know about war and tragedy?
Readers lose out when English-speaking gatekeepers decide what books are sold and whose stories get told, says Slovenian novelist Ana Schnabl
A new Irish writer is getting rave reviews – but nobody knows who they are. That gives me hope
Pen names have a long history. Now Liadan Ní Chuinn is shunning publicity in an industry that demands ever more exposure, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Toni at Random by Dana A Williams review – Toni Morrison’s editing years
A fascinating account of the Nobel laureate’s pioneering work as an editor at Random House
Where authors gossip, geek out and let off steam: 15 of the best literary Substacks
More and more writers are publishing newsletters – but which are worth your time? From Margaret Atwood to Hanif Kureishi, George Saunders to Miranda July, here’s our guide to the best
Publication of The Salt Path author’s new book is delayed amid scandal
Penguin said release date of On Winter Hill would be changed in order to ‘support the author’ after allegations that Raynor Winn lied in her bestselling memoir
AI translation service launched for fiction writers and publishers prompts dismay among translators
UK-based GlobeScribe is charging $100 per book, per language for use of its services, but translators say that nuanced work can only be produced by humans
Thomas Neurath obituary
Publisher who led Thames & Hudson for half a century and developed its bestselling World of Art series
Unknown novel by writer who charted Hitler’s rise becomes German bestseller
Sebastian Haffner’s love story set in final days of Weimar Republic published more than nine decades after it was written
UK audiobook revenue up by almost a third last year
Income from audiobooks reached a record £268m in 2024, according to figures from the Publishers Association
‘Stupider than everyone else’: one comic’s semi-naked bid to perform dozens of Penguin novels
In a riotous show, Garry Starr dons a tailcoat, flippers and little else to re-enact a bookshelf full of classics. Would you help him bring The Jungle Book to life?