Books

Ian McEwan on why humankind 'will scrape through'

The 'boring' book aiming to send children to sleep

'My mother was my shelter and storm': Arundhati Roy on her fierce new memoir

Hospital revives ward book trolley after 25 years

Is reading good for you?

'There's a lot of snobbery around spicy fiction' Video, 00:00:59'There's a lot of snobbery around spicy fiction'

Essex actor's latest movie role a 'dream job'

Jacqueline Wilson on the 'easiest and hardest book I've ever written'

Romantasy novels attract new wave of readers

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Boy becomes best-selling author with first book

Organisers cancel book prize over trans controversy

North East authors join forces at book festival

Bitesize Recommends: Five books based on conflict and war

Councillors keen to grow Dolly Parton book scheme

Waterstones apologises after readers brand event 'utter chaos'

Lost library book found in Paris returned to the UK

Rare copy of The Hobbit sells for 'record-breaking' sum

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Nicola Sturgeon to appear at Wigtown Book Festival

Fundraiser for award-winning children's bookshop

Famed library open to public for one day only

Children's author Allan Ahlberg dies aged 87