Books

How do I tell my four-year-old I have cancer?

Michael Rosen 'honoured' to win Pinter Prize

Authors hope creative writing course avoids cuts

Town gets first independent bookshop for 30 years

Head launches festival of children's literature

Man returns 1984 after 65 years to honour Orwell

Belfast writer wins Walter Scott fiction prize

Dickens reimagining wins Women's Prize for Fiction

Eat, Pray, Love author halts novel set in Russia

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'

Library book returned 48 years late

Welsh books 'need Michael Sheen-style champion'

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

Rushdie warns free expression is under threat

NI children ranked fifth in the world for reading

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

Former bingo caller wins children's book prize

'I wrote my book in secret on the bus' Video, 00:02:30'I wrote my book in secret on the bus'

Tom Hanks says he is not always Mr Nice Guy

Borders Book Festival reveals 20th edition line-up