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JG Ballard's daughters reveal his secret archive
Arifa Akbar: Author had always denied keeping notes and manuscripts
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Kingsolver takes a decade to get a taste of Orange
Thursday, 10 June 2010
It is an epic story about Mexico, McCarthyism and the intertwined love lives of the firebrand painter Frida Kahlo, her husband Diego Rivera, and Leon Trotsky, that took Barbara Kingsolver nearly a decade to write.
Lost Stieg Larsson manuscripts found in Sweden
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
The good news for Stieg Larsson addicts: two unpublished manuscripts have been unearthed in his native Sweden. The bad news: they have nothing to do with the Millennium trilogy.
We need to talk about 'dumb' literary awards
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Prize-winning author Lionel Shriver hits out at publishers and says latest accolade is a waste
First-edition books may fetch £15m
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
A collection of first-edition books, described as the greatest of its kind, is estimated to sell for between £8m and £15m at auction later this year.
Making Hay while the sun don't shine
Sunday, 30 May 2010
Katy Guest sorts the wheat from the chaff, and the wellies from the suits, at the literary festival
American thriller writer to pen the next James Bond novel
Friday, 28 May 2010
When Ian Fleming died in 1964, fans of the world's most famous fictional spy at least had the consolation that James Bond had not gone with him: 007's story continued to be told by writers including Kingsley Amis as well as by Hollywood's film franchise, all determined to keep alive the suave, Martini-sipping secret agent.
The battle to write the inside story of New Labour
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Andy McSmith: Freed from the cares of office, party heavyweights are racing to get their version of the years in power into print
Samuel Johnson prize shortlist announced
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Casino betting strategies, perilous romances in authoritarian North Korea and secret meetings in the corner office at Lehman Brothers are among the tales short listed in this year's BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction.
The word of God – in every language on Earth
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Bible Society's hi-tech mission brings Gospel to remote tribes
McEwan wins prize for genre he 'hates'
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Best-selling author Ian McEwan has won an award for comic fiction.
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