Booker prize launches new Quick Read in effort to boost adult reading rates
Short story collection All Around the World will be available for £1 in attempt to widen access to quality fiction
Search for lesbian grandmothers who inspired children’s book
Mama G wants to dedicate her book, The Proudest Bird in the World, to pair after chance Blackpool Pride encounter
Meta whistleblower’s lawyer says he too is prevented from promoting her book
Ravi Naik says legal ruling that forced Sarah Wynn-Williams to make silent appearance at Hay festival also applies to him
The Common Good Economy by Mariana Mazzucato review – how can Labour really turn things around?
It’s not enough to wish for growth; economic success requires a sense of purpose, according to this academic
AI is devoid of meaning and humanity. That’s why its vapid voice suits this political moment
For ease and speed, we are degrading our ability to connect and to organise our societies. We must assert our trust in humans over machines, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
Sajid Javid says backing Liz Truss to lead Tories was his ‘biggest political mistake’
Former chancellor also tells Hay festival ‘good riddance’ to Tory MPs defecting to Reform
‘Worry no longer, I am back’ – Tony Blair’s Why I Have Always Been Right About Everything, digested by John Crace
Former PM’s essay on Labour’s self-delusion shows he is the perfect person to provide such a critique
Leonora in the Morning Light review – pioneering British artist who fled convention for the surrealists
From Paris to Mexico, Leonora Carrington’s extraordinary life is retold with intelligence and restraint, though not quite enough imagination
Medieval King Arthur manuscript could fetch £2m at auction
Book containing early versions of the Merlin and Grail legends has remained in private hands for 700 years
Anna Ritchie obituary
Archaeologist whose excavations in Orkney included Knap of Howar, with domestic buildings more than 5,000 years old
Stephen Hawking’s father worried his son ‘does not study much’, diaries reveal
Exclusive: New biography uncovers Frank Hawking’s papers in which he lamented that his son had ‘little initiative’
Children’s reading should prioritise pleasure over learning, says laureate
Frank Cottrell-Boyce tells MPs to focus on early-years reading, with more support for parents and nursery workers
Rivals actor Katherine Parkinson lauds series for depicting women’s view of sex
Bafta winner tells preview screening in Bristol there is not enough on television about the female perspective
American poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney wins Dylan Thomas prize for ‘blistering’ debut poetry collection
The £20,000 award for writers aged 39 or under goes to Joy Is My Middle Name, a collection about navigating race, addiction and womanhood
Buyers of Liza Minnelli memoir claim it was not signed by hand
Premium editions of Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! cost up to $250 but some say signatures are unnaturally identical