Majority of authors ‘hear’ their characters speak, finds study
Research on writers appearing at the Edinburgh international book festival reveals 63% listen to their creations, and 61% feel they have their own agency
William Wordsworth’s 250th anniversary marked with mass readings
Stephen Fry and Brian Cox have joined descendants of the great Romantic and members of the public to record a host of his poems
Show but don’t tell: why silent Zooms are golden for focusing the mind
As isolation stress sets in, many find that sharing quiet online spaces is the key to boosting brain power
Author of book about victim blaming bombarded with misogynist abuse
Dr Jessica Taylor has been speaking about her book Why Women are Blamed for Everything, but has received thousands of abusive messages and had her computer hacked
Do we really need a Hunger Games prequel movie?
Don’t look now, but Suzanne Collins’ novel about the early years of Donald Sutherland’s character Coriolanus Snow is heading for the big screen
No-prorogation justice Lady Hale to publish memoir and guide to the law
Justice famous for ruling against Boris Johnson will recount how ‘a little girl from North Yorkshire became the most senior judge in the UK’
Amazon revealed as mystery £250,000 donor to UK bookshops
Fundraiser for retailers facing hardship during the coronavirus pandemic reveals that benefactor is internet giant widely blamed for trade’s decline
Britons are reading more in lockdown, says survey for World Book Night
The Reading Agency, which runs the annual event going ahead on Thursday in curtailed form, says there has been a particular spike among younger readers
Women’s prize for fiction shortlist led by Mantel, Evaristo and O’Farrell
Finalists for the £30,000 prize announced after ‘a long Zoom meeting’ were praised by judges for engaging with the biggest contemporary issues
Philip Pullman: ministers should face charges if Brexit politics slowed PPE
Novelist says government should be ‘charged with conspiracy to murder’ if reluctance to work with the EU obstructed provision
Carol Ann Duffy leads British poets creating ‘living record’ of coronavirus
Major names including Imtiaz Dharker, Jackie Kay and father-and-son poets Ian and Andrew McMillan to document outbreak in verse
Me a domestic goddess? No, I just like a clean house
Joanna Trollope is wrong to turn housework into some kind of battle between the sexes
All alone online: Iggy Pop and Jeremy Irons lead mass Ancient Mariner reading
Streaming daily, Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 2020 incarnation also features Marianne Faithfull and Tilda Swinton as readers, set against sound and fine art
Stars including Paul McCartney and Emilia Clarke to share stories of NHS care in new book
Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You has been assembled from some of the best-known voices in the UK in a week and will be published in July
Self-isolate like a king: why Henry VIII is a role model for staying in
Book tells how he was familiar with quarantine and drew comfort from confined spaces