Literature

Charlie Watts' book collection to be auctioned

Lost 'masterpiece' returns after bartender's quest

Orwell and 1984 still relevant today, says son

Michael Rosen 'honoured' to win Pinter Prize

Authors hope creative writing course avoids cuts

Arts & Ideas. The Sorrows of Young Werther. Audio, 45 minutesArts & Ideas

Head launches festival of children's literature

Belfast writer wins Walter Scott fiction prize

Dickens reimagining wins Women's Prize for Fiction

Tributes paid to literary 'giant' Cormac McCarthy

Stormzy at Hay: 'Black people are not monolithic'

Dua Lipa: 'I've been the new girl all my life'

Heartstopper series two 'will be a little bit darker'

Jojo Moyes: 'I've always been a woman's woman'

Celebrated Ghanaian author and feminist dies

Welsh books 'need Michael Sheen-style champion'

Call to remove Of Mice and Men from GCSE course

Hay Festival hopes to attract TikTok crowd

Rushdie reveals he is writing again after attack

Ian McEwan remembers 'tender, sweet' Martin Amis. Video, 00:01:24Ian McEwan remembers 'tender, sweet' Martin Amis

Novelist Martin Amis dies aged 73

Witness History. Pippi Longstocking. Audio, 9 minutesWitness History

'I started as a Girl Guide, now I run the festival'