Amazon to stop selling books that frame LGBTQ+ identities as mental illness
Retail giant announces decision in letter to Republican US senators about removal of book by conservative academic
Amazon.com and ‘Big Five’ publishers accused of ebook price-fixing
Class action lawsuit filed in US claims the houses have colluded with the online giant to keep prices artificially high
Alan Rickman’s 27 volumes of diaries to be published as one book
The Diaries of Alan Rickman, written by the actor until his death with the intention of one day publishing them, will be released in autumn 2022
Star Wars author appeals to Disney in fight over royalties
Alan Dean Foster claims media giant has not paid him royalties for his books after acquiring Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox
Quentin Tarantino to write novelisation of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Film director signs two-book deal, for novel of his 2019 film and a ‘deep dive’ into 1970s cinema
Never-ending stories: from Bond to Galbraith, why is everything so long?
Films are bum-numbers, books are doorstoppers – even podcasts go on for hours. What’s behind the rise of cultural epics – and is it time someone gave them a trim?
Story of ‘bloodthirsty unicorns’ brings debut author record publishing deal
Annabel Steadman’s fantasy series Skandar and the Unicorn Thief has won a seven-figure book contract, with film rights also sold to Sony Pictures
The Beatles announce Get Back, first official book in 20 years
Hanif Kureishi writes introduction to book edited from 120 hours of conversations from the Let It Be sessions, in tandem with Peter Jackson documentary
What do writers gain – and lose – when they eschew social media?
You won’t find Maggie O’Farrell, Women’s Prize winner, on Twitter. Perhaps she’s on to something
Glennon Doyle: how the author and love warrior changed Adele’s life
The singer has credited Doyle’s latest bestselling self-help memoir, Untamed, with transforming her sense of self. And Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon are similarly impressed
UK creative industries facing £74bn drop in income after lockdown
Report says 400,000 jobs likely to be lost across sectors including music, theatre and art
Dishoom asks cookbook pirates to donate to charity appeal
After a bootleg of its recipe book was sent to ‘everyone and their nice auntie’, restaurant chain appeals to readers to buy copies or donate to Hospitality Action
Literary lockdown: how translating a Dan Brown novel made for a thriller plot
When The Da Vinci Code author’s next novel needed simultaneous translations in 2013, what happened next was extraordinary enough to inspire a film of its own
Opportunity knocks: how lockdown is opening doors for new creative talent
Aspiring writers and directors now have a rare chance to impress producers and publishers with time on their hands
Ay, to the proof: did Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew have two authors?
Groundbreaking linguistic analysis indicates Christopher Marlowe co-wrote section of play