Salman Rushdie appeals to Twitter over fake Islamophobic tweet

Novelist asks CEO of social media platform to remove quote he claims far-right groups have falsely attributed to him

The Covid novels are arriving. And they’ll be a warning to future generations

We remember the horrors of the first world war but not the 1918 Spanish flu, which was mostly ignored by literature, says the author Laura Spinney

Performance poet, writer and musician said they had previously ‘tried to be what I thought others wanted me to be so as not to risk rejection’

Writer says production of Dickens classic will debut at Nottingham Playhouse in October 2021 due to uncertainty over reopening of UK theatres

Book tells stories of people who have helped keep health and care services afloat during crisis

Architect of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign reveals admiration for Boris Johnson’s aide in interview on dark politics

Fans will have chance to join one-to-one signings with writers such as Ian Rankin and Ali Smith

Bulletproof backpacks and bomb shelters ... millions are preparing for doomsday. Is it a sane response?

In this fresh take on a familiar trope, a westerner conjures a vision of long-lost England in an Indian hill station

First No 10 favoured herd immunity, now it has been accused of making up its response ‘on the hoof’. Are we being led by donkeys?

Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola’s picture book about a science-mad young black girl trying to distract her brother from his phone takes £5,000 award

Author of the Thomas Cromwell trilogy vies with 12 other contenders in a field marked by a high number of debuts

Nigerian-British author says £10,000 award for African writing has instilled her with confidence as a black and female experimental writer

TV and film projects on the go, new novel about to be delivered – yet author cannot imagine leaving psychiatry

Prince William said to have feared brother was ‘blindsided’ by lust in his haste to marry