Bob Mortimer wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for his ‘mischievous’ debut novel

A pig will be named in honour of The Satsuma Complex, this year’s winner of the award for comic fiction

Newly discovered string quartet by Clockwork Orange author Anthony Burgess to have premiere

The Manchester-born author was a frustrated composer who often wrote about music. Now his previously unknown work for strings will find an audience

No flatulence, no sex in trees: Victorian children’s sanitised Chaucer to go on display

A new exhibition in Oxford charts the different ways the great Medieval poet has been interpreted by readers down the centuries

AS Byatt, author and critic, dies aged 87

The acclaimed author of novels including Possession and The Children’s Book, has died, her publisher has confirmed

Digested week: A win for the posh boys and some shameful I’m a Celebrity dosh

As David Cameron returned, Nigel Farage headed for the jungle and Spurs crumbled, there was no invite for the launch of The Plot

Nadine Dorries on cabals, cosmetic work and Cameron’s peerage: ‘If you’re an Etonian, someone just has a word with the king’

In her new book, the former Tory MP claims a shadowy ‘movement’ controlled the Tory party for decades. She discusses impostor syndrome, her bond with Boris Johnson – and why she feels like Carrie Johnson’s second mum

‘Wonderful decay’: photos pay tribute to rust and peeling paint of rainy Wales

David Wilson’s new book of images reveals the artistry of objects just about withstanding the elements

Venue to be confirmed… tight security for women’s event is a sign of the times

A good-natured discussion about rights comes at the cost of bouncers and secrecy – at least it added to the sense of solidarity

Campaigners save Bradford birthplace of Brontë sisters

Crowdfunding and significant donation from Nigel West – who has a family connection to Charlotte’s husband – secure property, with plans to transform it into a cultural and education centre

Britney Spears memoir helping drive UK book market growth, says WH Smith

Singer’s tell-all book and Richard Osman’s latest crime novel boosting pre-Christmas sales, says retailer

‘Success stories’: Historic England adds several sites to risk register but removes 203

Hotel that inspired Charles Dickens added to Heritage at Risk Register alongside Gunpowder Plot house

Benjamin Myers wins 2023 Goldsmiths prize for ‘vital’ novel Cuddy

Award for mould-breaking fiction goes to multi-genre work – ‘part poetry, part electricity’ – retelling the story of Durham Cathedral

‘I would make a stand. For Boris. My rock’ – Nadine Dorries’ The Plot, digested by John Crace

The former minister stretches out a tale of a fiendishly fiendish Tory party conspiracy. Our sketch writer shortens the story

Claims and conspiracies, and pulling the trigger on Johnson: Dorries’ book tells all

The Plot: the Political Assassination of Boris Johnson says a secretive Tory cabal brought down the ex-PM – and Rishi Sunak takes advice from ‘Dr No’

Swapping books for audiobooks has reignited my love of literature

The prospect of reading a book filled me with anxiety and shame. But an ADHD diagnosis changed everything, says writer and presenter Verity Babbs