Butterfly Summer by Anne-Marie Conway – trailer
Butterfly Summer is an intriguing tale of friendship, secrets and discoveries. Try the trailerJoin the site and email us at childrens.books@guardian.co.uk to share YOUR favourite trailer in Trailer blazers!Children and teenagersChildren's books: 8-12 y...
Black Heart Blue by Louisa Reid – trailer
Try a spooky trailer for a dark first novel about twin sisters divided by a terrible secretJoin the site and email us at childrens.books@guardian.co.uk to share YOUR favourite trailer in Trailer blazers!Children and teenagersTeen booksguardian.co.uk &c...
Apple and publishers fail to halt ebook lawsuit
Lawsuit accuses Apple and publishers of colluding to break up Amazon.com's low-cost dominanceApple and five major book publishers have failed to persuade a US judge to throw out a lawsuit by consumers accusing them of conspiring to raise electronic boo...
Tips, links and suggestions: Our review list and what you are reading
Stieg Larsson's Expo Files and the novels Gone Girl and HHhH are among the books we're reviewing this week. What you are reading, today?Last week's thread included excited talk about Bring Up the Bodies, a call for more comic books to be covered on the...
Top flash fiction writing tips: David Gaffney
16 May is the first ever day celebrating the art of micro-fiction. But what's the secret of writing ultra short stories? Follow David Gaffney's tips and email in your own flash fiction masterpieces - we'll publish our favourites in the Your Stories sec...
Can you provide a definitive reading list for the first 10 years of life?
'Though enjoyable and useful, lists are very subjective, so it pays to look around for different types'I very much liked the book lists you put out last year during the Guardian and Observer books season, but wondered if you could provide a definitive ...
The digested read
Have I pushed mon luck by retourner a Lansquenet un troisieme time? I'd better ask the femme in the niqabThe lettre came on the wind of Ramadan. "Ma chere Vianne, mes sales have been slipping un peu and mes publishers pensent it's a good idee if I revi...
The 10 best historical novels
Why is this list so western and Eurocentric? ... It is 2012, not 1952William Skidelsky
Wheathampstead to Shaw’s Corner, Hertfordshire | Great British walks
• Click here for step by step directions• Click here for our interactive map of all the walksDistance 7.5 miles (12.1km) Classification Moderate Duration 3 hours Begins East Lane car park OS grid reference TL178141Walk in a nutshellA circuit a...
Between the lines | Great British walks
A stroll through the Hertfordshire landscape of a literary greatI'm not a walker. For me a walk needs to have a specific destination – a tube station, for example. My wife, Bridget, has long complained that we don't go on walks together, so it was a ...
Packwood House to Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire | Great British walks
• Click here for step by step directions• Click here for our interactive map of all the walksDistance 5miles (8km) Classification Moderate Duration 2 hours 30 minutes Begins Packwood House OS grid reference SP174722Walk in a nutshellA good jaunt fr...
Prof Alice Roberts: ‘Public engagement should be part of academic life’ – video