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French campaigner was drugged by her ex-husband and sexually abused by dozens of men over almost a decade

Exclusive: New biography uncovers Frank Hawking’s papers in which he lamented that his son had ‘little initiative’

In its 26th year, the ABIAs also recognised Possum Magic’s Mem Fox for ‘outstanding service’ to the industry

The Rolling Stone will play a lighthouse keeper in Three Incestuous Sisters, joining a cast including Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley and Saoirse Ronan

What would Trump think of Gilgamesh? And why are 19th-century classics so popular among young people? Writers on why we need the novel more than ever

Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, pulled off an ‘incredible double feat’ in succeeding as ‘both a romance and an incisive postcolonial novel’

Granta publisher says ‘perhaps we never will know’ true authorship of work that won Commonwealth prize

Frank Cottrell-Boyce tells MPs to focus on early-years reading, with more support for parents and nursery workers

Irish novelist will publish Intermezzo through November Books after rejecting translation offer from publisher with ties to Israeli military

• Sally Rooney on a new Hebrew translation of Intermezzo: ‘The Israeli culture sector is complicit in apartheid’