Guardian writer and Observer critic longlisted for inaugural Women’s prize for nonfiction

Naomi Klein, Laura Cumming and historian Tiya Miles among 16 authors in contention for prize, which aims to boost women’s nonfiction award representation

TikTokers help drive Sarah J Maas ‘romantasy’ boom for Bloomsbury

Publisher tells investors profits will exceed expectations, attributing this to release of House of Flame and Shadow

Contents of Charles Darwin’s entire personal library revealed for first time

300-page catalogue details thousands of books, journals, pamphlets and articles in naturalist’s library

The Guardian view on video games: computer generated worlds are influencing real ones

Editorial: It’s long overdue that society recognises a new gaming culture has emerged from a more social, diverse gaming community

‘Reading is so sexy’: gen Z turns to physical books and libraries

Book sales boom as readers escape the ‘oversaturation and noise of the wild west digital landscape’

Bernardine Evaristo defends Royal Society of Literature over ‘false accusations’

Society’s president says claims of ageism, censorship and lowering standards are unfounded

I will defend the Royal Society of Literature against all attacks. It is more alive than ever

I cherish this august institution. Moving with the times doesn’t mean sidelining fellows – or devaluing the society’s principles, says Bernardine Evaristo

Tom Parker Bowles picked for mini library project championed by his mum

Tom Parker Bowles among 21 writers providing snapshot of contemporary literature in initiative supported by the queen

‘I detest bullies’: Dr Rachel Clarke on Jeremy Hunt, government lies and the long legacy of Covid

The ‘industrial scale of death’ on the Covid frontline left Clarke and her colleagues traumatised and underpaid while the powerful partied and profited. Now, her pandemic memoir is coming to TV with the help of Jed Mercurio

The Men of 1924 by Peter Clark; The Wild Men by David Torrance review – Labour’s first taste of power

One hundred years since Ramsay MacDonald led his cabinet of workers into Number 10, two engrossing books illuminate the party’s extraordinary leading players and their achievement, largely unheralded, in making the country more civilised

‘Radical moves’ at Royal Society of Literature prompt rebellion

Senior members of august institution fear being sidelined under new president Bernardine Evaristo

The Guardian view on the film awards season: savour a glut of good things while it lasts

Editorial: Barbenheimer hogs the headlines, but the two big hitters do not have a monopoly on the conversation

Re-evaluating Rabbie: the Scottish poets wrestling with Robert Burns’ legacy

While his status in Scotland has barely budged after claims of rape and racism, the country’s contemporary poetry scene has been responding in earnest

Review finds libraries in England suffer ‘lack of recognition’ from government

Proposals include the creation of a libraries minister and a high-profile libraries laureate to be the sector’s public champion

The End We Start From review – Jodie Comer shines in all too believable disaster drama

Comer plays a young woman whose baby arrives just as environmental crisis begins to break the society around her