Meghan’s first book for children explores ‘bond between father and son’
Duchess of Sussex draws on her life with Prince Harry and son Archie in picture book debut The Bench, to be published next month
‘He’s got a wee spring in his step’: 92-year-old grandfather becomes bestselling poet
Gordon McCulloch’s 101 Poems becomes a hit on Amazon after his granddaughter asked her followers to take a look at the book
‘I’m bursting with fiction’: Alan Moore announces five-volume fantasy epic
Watchmen and V for Vendetta writer lands six-figure deal for fantasy quintet Long London and short story collection
‘Silenced’ voice of Great War poet to be heard for first time
Ivor Gurney’s writings from an asylum were ignored. But a new study reveals their genius
How Holbein left clever clue in portrait to identify Henry VIII’s queen
New evidence shows miniature long held to be of Catherine Howard could depict Henry’s fourth wife, Anne of Cleves
A real Line of Duty: the London police officer who ‘went bent’
TV series finale coincides with true crime book launch about notoriously corrupt DS Derek Ridgewell
Salman Rushdie and Bernardine Evaristo on shortlist for more diverse UK exam texts
OCR board asks teachers to vote on books to make A-level and GCSE English courses more inclusive
Children read more challenging books in lockdowns, data reveals
Report on reading habits of more than one million children also finds they read longer books, particularly during school closures
Women’s prize for fiction shortlist entirely first-time nominees
Susanna Clarke, Yaa Gyasi and Patricia Lockwood among the six authors up for the £30,000 award
UK book sales soared in 2020 despite pandemic
New figures from the Publishers Association show fiction and audiobooks did particularly well, with value of consumer sales up 7% on 2019 despite bookshop closures
I worried about reopening my bookshop, but it’s brought some much-needed joy
After months of lockdown, welcoming customers back to my independent shop in Manchester has delighted us all, says Suzy Prince, co-owner of Bopcap Books
International Booker prize shortlist led by books ‘pushing the boundaries’ of fiction
Writers including Maria Stepanova and Éric Vuillard are up for the £50,000 prize, with the judges swaying for essays and autofiction over ‘good, straightforward, old-fashioned novels’
Covid lockdowns lead to £1.1bn loss at UK events firm Informa
Revenues plunge by 42% but firm optimistic over business reopenings in major markets of US and China
It’s all about chums, not crones: a short history of ‘cronyism’
Samuel Pepys had one. Today’s government ministers seem to have lots. But what is a crony?
Book sales jump a third in first week of bookshops reopening in England and Wales
Booksellers report giddy customers browsing and smelling books, with 3.7m print books shifted in first week after lockdown