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Writer used his experience reporting on De Gaulle’s France to plot his thriller, and continued to draw on real-world research for subsequent bestsellers

The actor who played Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films says he is ‘incredibly grateful’ to Rowling, and that her books have ‘brought the world together’

Former House speaker and Clinton antagonist sidesteps his own dubious ethics and gushes over Donald Trump

Arsenic was historically mixed with copper to create a vivid green for book covers, which can irritate modern day readers

‘You could probably buy your books from cheaper places,’ says startup that will allow shoppers to choose between eight different charities to receive a tithe

‘Timely’ essay collection explores identity, religion and colonialism as Nathanael Lessore takes children’s and young adult prize and Mimi Khalvati wins for poetry

The American essayist, playwright and author of books including A Boy’s Own Story and The Married Man has died

• Edmund White remembered: ‘He was the patron saint of queer literature’

One-off £100,000 prize awarded to Girl, Women, Other writer for entire body of work and ‘dedication to uplifting under-represented voices’

Master-race stories of heroic characters battling against zombie Nazis and western spies to recover imperial grandeur are a bleak new spin on an old propaganda tradition