NME — The Pulp man releases his own first book next week more info

Guardian Music — Singer moves beyond Pulp to take a 'broad commissioning role' with upmarket publisherHome to 12 Nobel laureates and six Booker prize winners, venerable publisher Faber & Faber is now looking to bring a little Britpop magic to its list after hiring Pu... more info

NME — Singer returns a library book and plays a short acoustic set more info

ContactMusic — Pulp star Jarvis Cocker has finally returned a borrowed library book after 30 years during a visit to his old school in his native Sheffield England earlier this week begs03Oct11 The rocker made a surprise appearance at the City School and spoke to s... more info

Stereogum — Now that Ryan Adams has an excellent new album all set to go out into the world, he’s apparently free to return to his fucking-around ways. And so now he’s given us a loosie: “Flip Flops,” 30 seconds of Adams speaking about Jarvis Cocker in a... more info

Guardian Music — Castaway Chris Salmon loses himself in the BBC's vast Desert Island Discs archiveThere was a splash of publicity earlier this year when it was revealed that the BBC was to create a full Desert Island Discs archive on its website. A few months on, it... more info

Guardian Music — Sometimes you think you know a song – only to hear a version that makes you reconsider everything you previously feltIf you had asked me, just a couple of months ago, what was the definitive version of Carole King's song I Wasn't Born to Follow, I ... more info

Guardian Music — Plenty to look forward to at this year's Radio Festival, but one thing in particular stands out – a brand new innovation called the John Peel Lecture, which looks likely to open proceedings with a bang. Exactly who will be delivering it remains a c... more info

Guardian Music — Erol Alkan & Boys Noize Feat Jarvis CockerAvalanche (Terminal Velocity) (Phantasy)This candidate for collaboration of the year isn't a cover of Leonard Cohen's original Avalanche per se, more a thoughtful appropriation (approved by Len himself) that ... more info

Guardian Music — Guardian and Observer writers are picking their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Rosie Swash reveals why she still swoons at the sight of Jarvis CockerThere's something about hearing a song at 16 that stays with you ... more info