Minecraft, books, panto… and pugs! YouTube star DanTDM opens up
His games channel has 12.7m subscribers, but Daniel Middleton’s horizons are expanding into publishing and theatre
In the age of the algorithm, the human gatekeeper is back
The rise of algorithms has been relentless, but we need human input in our world of technological innovations
EU proposals could see news publishers paid by Google and Facebook
Measures are part of a series of planned European commission changes designed to strengthen rights of creators and publishers
Bridget Jones’s Baby on the way into print, Helen Fielding says
To accompany forthcoming film of the same name, the book will recount the bestselling heroine’s ‘somewhat bumpy journey into motherhood’
Art Cockerill obituary
Other lives: Engineer and writer who established the technical publishing company Delta Tech Systems
Does Love & Friendship improve Jane Austen’s ending?
Whit Stillman’s latest film is based on a little-known novella written early in Austen’s career. Will it work on screen, and is it worth reading today?
One Direction fan-fiction author Anna Todd launches app for her own fans
Writer of the After series promises that she’ll involve her readers in future books, while answering their questions in new mobile community
Google-backed Lost My Name has sold 1m children’s books in two years
British startup has shipped to 160 countries, based on its mantra of being ‘a technology company that happens to make physical books’
Faber boss says future of book publishing is mobile
Stephen Page also says publishers must ‘understand mobile’ and put smartphone communication at the centre of thinking
Fly, funky and fearless: meet the Black Romantics
London is seeing the rise of a new wave of young black creatives, from style queen Swanzy to painter Barka and performance poet Belinda Zhawi. Is this the future of Afropolitanism?
David Lynch to hit back at media ‘bullshit’ with his own memoir
Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks director to join forces with journalist Kristine McKenna for an autobiographical study of his life and work
Classic children’s books on coding reprogrammed for a new generation
Author Lisa Watts, who helped to teach a generation of children about computers a quarter of a century ago, hopes new books will inspire tomorrow’s programmers
Hollywood star Ethan Hawke’s third novel is a ‘parable for all ages’
The actor and writer addresses the big existential questions in Rules for a Knight, the story of a Cornish knight writing to his children before he rides into battle
Novel Scarlett Johannson wanted banned is due out in English
French novel The First Thing You See, about a man’s relationship with a film-star lookalike, will be published in the UK in September
How the arts can help change attitudes to blindness
Thinking creatively about formats such as Braille and audio description can help improve accessibility and perceptions about blindness