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Ockham Awards finalists announced: Who are this year's literary heavy hitters?

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Elizabeth Day: At 45 I will never be a mother. I’ve made peace with it

Times: The star podcaster on love, loss, and inadvertently inspiring a scene in Fleabag.

Sad Oompa Loompas, angry parents: Glasgow's disastrous Willy Wonka Experience

In case you missed it, here's why everyone is talking about this 'immersive experience'.

'Quite hurtful': Culture war ignites over cyclone charity cookbook

'All we did was make a business decision, and we wish it hadn’t gone the way it has.'

Journal features inspiring stories of women in business

Twenty-six women featured in annual journal.

Bridget Jones is back - and single again

Put it in your diary, Renée Zellweger and co will begin filming in May.

Confessions of a millionaire City trader - who quit aged 27

Times: Why one of the most successful traders had to quit before his job killed him.

Can you judge a book by its cover? How to design a bestseller

Floppy ladies, the emoji effect and other book cover trends we can't resist.

Story of finding lost ancestor documented in new book

Trish Rossiter’s book Finding Thomas tells Thomas Skinner's life story.

The Ockham Book Awards longlist has landed

The 44 books still in the running, with thoughts and predictions.

New biography highlights achievements of two remarkable people

Byron Brown and Mary-Annette Hay featured in new book.

Inside the grisly birth of Jaws: ‘It’s a novel about a fish, who cares?’

Peter Benchley made a career-saving move by writing Jaws. He lived to regret it.

'Deeply sorry': Britney Spears apologises for memoir comments

Spears praised Timberlake's new music and apologised for offending people with her memoir.

No more bunny business: Playboy model Crystal Hefner spills on life with Hugh Hefner

New York Times: Crystal Hefner recounts her days as a Playboy model and Hefner's wife.

How Gone Girl became a true crime sensation

The twisty Netflix documentary American Nightmare is being called 'the real Gone Girl’.

Can you judge a book by the cover?

The surprising back stories to the covers on the country's biggest reads. Video / Michael Craig

Author used ChatGPT to write parts of prize-winning novel

Rie Kudan estimates 5 per cent of her book was taken from the chatbot.

Mesmerising documentary about famous spy writer

This John le Carre documentary looks at the real man behind the thrilling spy tales.