Books

Trainspotting's Irvine Welsh: We've become 'dumbed-down machines'

Raynor Winn hits back at claims she misled readers

Penguin says it did 'all necessary due diligence' with The Salt Path

The Salt Path author defends herself against claims she misled readers

Post box topper celebrates local children's author

Backlash as Reform claims trans books removed from children's library section

Dad's app makes children 'hero' of their own story

Mum pens book to help children cope with hospital

New Koomson novel set on Brighton seafront

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Rise of romantasy and #BookTok was catalyst for me to write

EastEnders star surprises residents at care home

Children's authors to attend teen fiction awards

Book collector 'gobsmacked' to find notes by wife

The Indian who called out a massacre - and shamed the British Empire

Local talent called to step into spotlight

Writing new Bond book 'daunting responsibility'

'Dream' bookshop bucking national industry decline

How Covid-19 led a cancer nurse to open a bookshop

Katie Piper: 'Ageing can be compared to a bereavement'

'I'm over knife attack,' says Salman Rushdie

Thrillers celebrated as crime writers tour county

Jacqueline Wilson says she wouldn't return to Tracy Beaker as an adult