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Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days

The draft – one of the Beat Generation’s defining artefacts – will be part of a wider sale of pieces from the Jim Irsay Collection at Christie’s in March

Audrey Niffenegger’s follow-up to her global bestseller focuses on Alba, the daughter of Henry and Clare, as she negotiates two marriages and various modern-era dystopias

Olivier award-winning West End production will follow US example and be trimmed to make it ‘more accessible than ever before’

The author, whose family has been impacted by dementia, says provision in living wills could clarify intentions when a person declines to the point they are ‘alive and dead all at once’

Poet laureate tackles ‘daunting’ commission from Yorkshire Cancer Research to mark charity’s centenary year

Author says pace of change in GCSE English literature texts is too slow and tide is turning against inclusion

It’s time to get voting for your favourite Australian picture book. Here’s how the Guardian’s poll works

• Vote for the best Australian children’s picture book

Journalist’s wife had contacted authorities with concerns and ‘potential information’ regarding inquiry into his death