While print media is often considered to be a dying industry, online bookseller Booktopia is beating the odds by reporting year-on-year growth. How did the 15-year-old Australian-run company get this far – especially when everyone thought books would soon be a forgotten medium?

The internet has sparked a seismic shift in the ways people consume literature as social media and small screens necessitate content in shorter formats. But this transition hasn’t impacted a desire for fresh, meaningful ideas. How are digital platforms opening up and reshaping poetry and fiction?

IKEA has constructed faux living rooms in its north London store, filling them with novels and nooks to read them in. As stress invades more spaces in our daily lives and we look for ways to escape it, IKEA is demonstrating how its products can be used to create an oasis of tranquility.

Alabaster hasn’t rewritten the scriptures but it has reimagined the Bible for the Instagram age. By straddling the intersection between creativity and faith through meditative photography and epic quotes, it’s tapping into Gen Y’s appetite for visual culture to promote spiritual self-care.