books

Best-selling thriller writer Jack Higgins dies

Why Harry Potter author avoided using her real name

Bloomsbury Publishing profit upgrade on lockdown book surge

Children struggling to see themselves in books they read, study suggests

I am ‘ancient fairy godmother’ of children’s writing competition, jokes Camilla

Book festival moves online for 2020 in pandemic precaution

Life on the inside: 10 classic novels you always meant to read

Ian Rankin claims Facebook account suspended after report it was fake

London ‘book fairy’ donates novels to self-isolating neighbours

Picture book about coronavirus released as parents report children’s worry

Children across the UK dress up for World Book Day

Boy bullied for love of reading gets 100,000 followers for book review page

Fergie signs deal for seven ‘nurturing’ children’s books

It is OK to find reading difficult, Lupita Nyong’o says

The world's largest book takes six people to turn a page

Library goes viral after student finds disgusting surprise in book

Man called 'murderer' for bizarre book-transporting hack: 'This is terrorism'

Tributes to ‘master of creativity’ Alasdair Gray

Almost 400 jobs at risk as The Book People falls into administration

Widow has become the world's oldest debut novelist after she penned her first book - at the grand age of 93