Michael Morpurgo backs call to ensure poorer children have access to books

Leading children’s author says deprived children in UK are missing out on lifetime of reading for pleasure

‘A 22-carat disaster’: what next for British Library staff and users after data theft?

Progress made on restoring access after cyber-attack but there have been complaints of poor communication

British Library begins restoring digital services after cyber-attack

UK’s national library apologises to researchers, saying full recovery could take until end of the year

Let’s turn the air blue, girls – we should be free to curse at will

Women’s body parts have long been appropriated for the purpose of cursing, so it’s only right that we reclaim them with profane gusto

Dracula writer Bram Stoker revealed as a humble minute taker for actor charity

Before publishing his vampire classic in 1897, the author was employed as a personal secretary at the Actors’ Benevolent Fund

Charleston aims to bring Bloomsbury group works back to ‘rightful home’

Charity that runs house in East Sussex launches bid to fill gaps in collection with ‘treasures’ held in private hands

Richard Osman among authors missing royalties amid ongoing cyber-attack on British Library

Writers’ much-needed ‘annual windfall’ of up to £6,600 delayed as library in London struggles to restore crippled systems

Charity launches support scheme for at-risk libraries in wake of budget cuts

Around 650 libraries will benefit from Libraries Connected programme, as almost one in five council leaders fear bankruptcy this year or next

Keir Starmer ‘lacks clear sense of purpose’ claims Labour ex-policy chief

Party historian MP Jon Cruddas questions readiness for power of leader with few ties to movement’s roots or ideology

‘Bloody nonsense’: how Glasgow was cut from the Oscar-tipped film Poor Things

The starry new version of Alasdair Gray’s book expunges almost all of its Scottish context. Along the writer and artist’s trail through the city, locals let their feelings be known

‘We have to shoot in colour or they’ll kill us’: the day a young Kate Moss hit the fashion stratosphere

Fresh from Croydon, the model had a ball in 1990s New York. But the carefree images, which feature in a new book, got the photographer fired

Reams of secret poetry by pioneering British scientist finally come to light

Sir Humphry Davy’s unpublished verse – including one published below for the first time – was found in notebooks alongside details of his groundbreaking experiments

Millions wasted on attempt to create nationwide UK library website, campaigners claim

Former Waterstones boss Tim Coates among those to criticise government, Arts Council and British Library bid to create a ‘single digital presence’ for libraries

Jilly Cooper is made a dame in new year honours list

Bestselling author and journalist is ‘incredibly bowled over’ to receive DBE

218-year-old library above Manchester pub prepares for £7m redevelopment

Portico library has secured funding for plans to create dining, meeting, exhibition and educational spaces