Oliver Twist given new spin in BBC prequel to Charles Dickens novel
Exclusive: Spin-off based on Artful Dodger and crime-lord Fagin brings food poverty to fore
One Party After Another by Michael Crick review – the devilish luck of Nigel Farage
Personal chaos and political recklessness characterise the most influential failure in modern British politics
Family owners put Blackwell’s bookshops up for sale
Waterstones seen as potential buyer after 143-year-old chain ditches plan to become employee-owned
How to save money on buying books – or get them for free
From using your local library and supporting independent bookshops, to borrowing virtually
Tales of the unexpected: the surprise boom in UK short stories
The literary form is enjoying a renaissance, with the pandemic allowing people more time to consume and produce it
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ‘may fuel dangerous Holocaust fallacies’
John Boyne’s story is used by more than a third of teachers in England in lessons on the Nazi genocide, a study found
Terry Pratchett estate backs Jack Monroe’s idea for ‘Vimes Boots’ poverty index
Campaigner has used the idea drawn from Discworld novels to register the disproportionate effect price rises have on the lower paid
James Bond books dedicated to Paul Gallico among star lots at library auction
Books owned by The Snow Goose author up for sale this week include Ian Fleming first editions inscribed for his former colleague
Alan Cumming to play Robert Burns in solo dance-theatre show
Actor aims to tell the Scottish poet’s story ‘using my whole body’ in a production at the 75th Edinburgh international festival in August
Groundbreaking work on slave economy finally back on UK shelves
Seminal work by Black scholar, which was shunned for decades, finds British publisher
A courageous reissue in the not-so-brave new world of publishing
Kay Dick’s They is a forgotten dystopian novel from 45 years ago, but still contentious in an age of social media bullying
Kate Clanchy ‘parts company’ with publisher after discrimination row
Author whose Orwell prize-winning Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me sparked online controversy last summer will no longer be published by Pan Macmillan
Government pauses plans to rewrite UK copyright laws after authors protest
Intellectual property rule changes were mooted in the wake of Brexit but have been shelved after warnings about how this could hit writers’ incomes
UK children pick ‘anxiety’ as their word of 2021
In the second pandemic year, this was the top choice of more than 8,000 children asked for the words they would use to discuss health and wellbeing
Trans activists will not be charged over picture of JK Rowling’s home
Police Scotland said no criminality had been found after photograph of writer’s address was put online