Fearne Cotton webchat – your questions answered on Keith Lemon, Teletubbies and the future of radio

The presenter and writer spilled the beans on anger management, meeting the Royals and what she really thought of the ropiest Live Lounge performances

Book doulas: the new way to push your writing into the world

A cuddly new publishing service has arrived to help struggling authors with ‘bookbirthing’ – and for all its new-age trappings, it seems to be catching on

Autumn by Karl Ove Knausgaard – digested read

John Crace cuts the Norwegian author’s letter explaining the world to his unborn daughter

Sales of mind, body, spirit books boom in UK amid ‘mindfulness mega-trend’

While fewer titles are selling in other genres, reading that offers a path to spiritual growth has risen 13% in 2017

Byron Bay: where wellness flows and women chunder

I’m enjoying a sunkissed winter moment on the New South Wales coast when suddenly the detox clinic I’ve come to visit is not only interesting but necessary

Taboo-busting sex guide offers advice to Muslim women seeking fulfilling love lives

The Muslimah Sex Manual: A Halal Guide to Mind Blowing Sex is praised for empowering women

‘I should feel pleased the fast is having the desired effects but my life is boring’

In an extract from her new book Wellmania, Guardian Australia columnist Brigid Delaney recalls the agony – and unfortunate side effects – of a 15-day fast

A Manual for Heartache review – sound advice for the grieving

Cathy Rentzenbrink, who wrote a moving memoir about losing her brother, now offers unpreachy tips to fellow sufferers

The pleasure and pain of leaving the woodland utopia that taught us so much

The author and community leader recalls both frustrations and miracles as he passes his residential sanctuary into new hands

In Pursuit of Memory: The Fight Against Alzheimer’s – review

Joseph Jebelli’s personal study of a disease that has reached epidemic proportions offers the latest research – but not much hope