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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’

Mordecai Kurz argues tech oligarchs erode democracy through monopolies – and predicts how the trend may end

The historian won $50,000 for her nonfiction book Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions, which judges praised as deeply researched, ‘highly original’ and ‘vividly alive’

With third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library shelves

Bafta winner tells preview screening in Bristol there is not enough on television about the female perspective