Hamish MacGibbon obituary

Other lives: Educational publisher at Heinemann whose textbooks became market leaders in the UK and internationally

Richard Webb obituary

Other lives: Publisher who turned a rediscovered manuscript into the global bestseller The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

Other lives: Teacher and aviation historian who wrote many popular books about his subject

Lebanese novelist best known for his 1998 book Gate of the Sun, which he said was an act of love for the Palestinian people

Television presenter and writer who came up with the idea of a BBC natural history unit and led cruises to polar regions

Author, artist and designer who created the collage series Lost Consonants for the Guardian in 1990

Other lives: Illustrator of Welsh folk tales, including a memorable version of The Mabinogion

Other lives: Political philosopher who wrote a well received book on the democratic deficit at the heart of the European Union

French chef who found fame with his bestelling book La Grande Cuisine Minceur, which advocated lighter dishes

Author who won the Children’s Book award in 1997 and whose bestselling series made adults laugh too

Writer who drew on her Hollywood childhood for her successful memoirs and novels

Exemplary historian with a mastery of archival research who focused on slavery and empire

Author of Theory of War, inspired by her grandfather’s experience of slavery in the US, which won the Whitbread book of the year award in 1993

Spanish publisher opposed to the Franco regime who went on to write acclaimed novels

Novelist who scandalised her native Ireland with The Country Girls, and explored the lives of women who love and suffer