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John McLay, one of the founders of the festival in Bath, contacted writers who had noted a lack of diversity in the programme to request they remove comments posted to social media

1974 book led to making of seminal documentary and introduced Arnold Schwarzenegger to the world

Hadi Matar, already serving 25 years for attempted murder, denies federal charges that could bring a life sentence

Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed in agreement between AI startup and authors over use of their work

The billionaire says the AI-generated film will stay true to Homer’s original, after repeatedly criticising Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster over its casting choices

More than 800,000 copies of Impossible Creatures will be distributed to year 6 and P6 children through The Queen’s Christmas Present initiative

‘My belief, as someone who grew up in a town without a bookshop, is that all communities should have one,’ says author of The Midnight Library

The education committee also proposed a National Reading Guarantee, ensuring all children have frequent opportunities to enjoy reading

May We Feed the King, about a museum curator and a medieval monarch, was praised by judges for its ‘crisp, cool prose’ and ‘poet’s eye for detail’