The highly respected novelist and poet’s love for books and writing has not faded one bit despite having turned 90 in April ...

Katherine Le Veque’s Wallace Neff-designed house in Glendora has an authentic speakeasy.

A recipient of the prestigious Mao Dun Literature Prize, Mai Jia is best known for his espionage fiction. His reflections ...

Bradford novelist and playwright JB Priestley once lamented his attempt at a Wedgewood vase, commenting that even the ...

Egyptian writer Salwa Bakr, Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh and Irish author John Banville have been nominated for the 14th Park ...

On Vikram Seth’s 73rd birthday, we recall his response to a French journalist who asked why he writes in English, a language ...

As well as the usual line-up of children’s writers, this year’s EIBF will also have a dedicated Young Adult strand, writes Susan Mansfield ...

James Frey’s startling addiction memoir made him a sensation – for the wrong reasons. Now he’s back, taking on F Scott Fitzgerald ...

Princess Kate was named among the guests joining the King and Queen in the traditional procession - but this was swiftly amended.

In a 2004 survey conducted by the British Council among non-English speaking people, it emerged that ‘mother’ was their ...

The son of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist has been charged with a brutal rape for attacking a fellow New York University ...

CHENNAI: Tamil writers Vishnupuram Saravanan and Lakshmihar have been chosen for the Bal Puraskar award and Yuva Puraskar ...