Dominique Strauss-Kahn, disgraced ex-IMF chief, seeks to block memoir
Strauss-Kahn, who resigned from IMF after his arrest for sexual assault in New York, asks French court to ban kiss-and-tell book
The novelty value of Publishers Weekly’s novel list
Emma Brockes: This compilation of 100 years of No 1 bestsellers is oddly melancholy. Who knew literary immortality was so transient?
Lucretius, part 7: becoming a god
Emma Woolerton: Lucretius's Epicurean philosophy doesn't deny gods' existence, only that they affect us. Instead, we must aim to be as them
Tuning up for the Adelaide festival – the Edinburgh of Australia
David Sefton, Adelaide's new artistic director, was hired to overhaul its programming. And he started by reuniting one of his favourite bands: industrial stalwarts Severed Heads. Interview by Alison Rourke
Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw – review
Tash Aw's tale of five migrant workers carving out lives in a modernising Shanghai is the stuff of a hit TV miniseries, says Adam Mars-Jones
Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death by Otto Dov Kulka – review
Otto Dov Kulka's Auschwitz chronicle succeeds in its civilised mission to bear witness, writes Ian Thomson
Half-man, half-pig: how the beastly DSK was ‘an artist of the sewers’
Agnès Poirier: Critics call Marcela Iacub's book on her affair a true objet d'art. France likes to justify moral transgressions in the name of art
Cities Without Ground: a guidebook to Hong Kong’s elevated walkways
In Hong Kong, your feet need never touch the ground. But a new book can help you navigate the high-rise web of bridges, tunnels and lobbies that make up the city's fabric
Magnifique! Académie française elects first British-born member
Poet and professor Michael Edwards, 74, from Barnes, joins elite learned body that defends the purity of the French language
What’s next for books in the digital age? Outlook unclear
Dan Gillmor: Innovations have blurred the boundaries of books and digital media, forcing authors and publishers to cope with an uncertain future
Donald Richie obituary
Western authority on the culture of Japan, his adopted homeland
Maziar Bahari’s memoir: Then They Came for Me
Iranian filmmaker's written account of the 2009 disputed election and his 118 days of incarceration and torture at the notorious Evin prison
Christian Bale takes on Everest in new Working Title film
Actor to star in Baltasar Kormákur's disaster movie based on real storm on Everest that killed eight climbers
Where do the lovely cooking aromas in your kitchen go?
Readers answer other readers' questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
Lucretius, part 5: all perceptions are true
Emma Woolerton: How to believe: Everything we see is made up of the infinite atoms that swirl about us. These perceptions are the basis of our certain knowledge about the world