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AngieHoffmeister reveals how she created the eerie art for The Folio Society's The Lottery and Other Dark Tales.

A questionable male feminist, a closet sadist and a disaffected Twitter addict populate this acerbic story collection that captures the spirit of our doomscrolling age

Judy Kaufmann creates "A book to wear".

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: A new BBC drama explores one of the most vexing acts of sabotage in literary history: the decision by Jane Austen’s sister Cassandra to burn nearly all the writer’s letters after her death. Keeley Hawes and the cast, as well as the series director, talk to Katie…

The North Carolina coach is on his way to becoming a published author.

Eric Reinhart said the Los Angeles Times changed his piece to make it look like he backs Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Publisher says expecting authors, agents and editors to secure blurbs can create ‘an incestuous and unmeritocratic literary ecosystem that often rewards connections over talent’

The retailer is in talks to sell its 500 high street stores, which could be a ‘nail in the coffin for British writers’

Other lives: Bookseller, writer and editor of the cultural magazine Out of the Circle

Colin Firth in a wet shirt! Elizabeth Bennet as a YouTuber! As the BBC marks the author’s 250th anniversary with four-parter Miss Austen, we pick her finest television outings

“Just Because I am a Librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.”