United Kingdom 28/06/2017 Paddington author Michael Bond dies Bond, who created the beloved bear with a hard stare, died following a short illness.
Iraq 19/04/2017 Meet the Baghdad man who turned his van into a mobile bookshop Ali al-Moussawi is a bookworm from Baghdad in Iraq who has turned his love of reading into a career.
Netherlands 06/04/2017 Dutch shop apologizes over Hitler colouring book A Dutch retailer has been forced to apologise after it unwittingly sold copies of a colouring book featuring Adolf Hitler.
United Kingdom 14/03/2017 A dash of magic on the fields of Staffordshire The British Quidditch Cup took place in Staffordshire, central England this weekend.
United Kingdom 10/03/2017 10 ways you can make a difference Nowadays comics and cartoons are often more powerful and convey more messages than a simple photo
France 09/03/2017 What bookstore employees do behind your back With noise at a premium in libraries and bookshops, much of any fun to be had there needs to be visual.
United Kingdom 15/02/2017 Philip Pullman fans rejoice! 'The Book of Dust' is coming... British fantasy writer Philip Pullman, whose 'His Dark Materials' catapulted him to global stardom, returns to the fantasy world with a new trilogy.
USA 25/01/2017 White House's 'Alternative facts' boosts sales of Orwell's 1984 A link has been established between skyrocketing sales of George Orwell's _1984_ and the propogation of 'alternative facts' from Trump's press secretary
USA 14/01/2017 'Exorcist' author William Peter Blatty dies The novelist and filmmaker who wrote “The Exorcist”, William Peter Blatty, has died at the age of 89 in Maryland.
Germany 04/01/2017 Rising Mein Kampf sales in Germany shock publisher Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler's semi-autobiographical foundation of Nazi ideological thought, has experienced a surprising resurgence, says its publisher
United Kingdom 28/12/2016 "Watership Down" author Richard Adams dies Renowned children's author and creator of "Watership Down" Richard Adams has died aged 96.
United Kingdom 26/10/2016 'The Sellout' by Paul Beatty wins Man Booker prize An American has won the prestigious Man Booker fiction prize for the first time.
United Kingdom 31/07/2016 JK Rowling thanks Harry Potter fans as 'Cursed Child' script released Harry Potter fans have been waiting nine years for this moment and it seems they were as keen as ever to snap up the next installment in the wizarding saga.
world news 19/02/2016 'To Kill A Mockingbird' author Harper Lee dies aged 89 The American author Harper Lee, who wrote one of the country’s best known literary classics “To Kill A Mockingbird”, has died aged 89. Her death was
Romania 25/01/2016 Writing your way out of a Romanian prison Prosecutors in Romania are trying to establish if some prisoners jailed for corruption and fraud are claiming authorship of books to get their
Vatican 13/01/2016 Pope Francis uses new book to call for more compassion within the Church Pope Francis has called for Roman Catholic leaders to be “compassionate shepherds to a wounded humanity”. The message comes in the publication of a
Germany 08/01/2016 Mein Kampf returns: read-between-the-lines version Hitler’s opus ‘Mein Kampf’ is back in stores in Germany now for the first time since 1945, one of history’s most notorious works, republished with a
Egypt 18/10/2015 Egyptian novelist Gamal Al Ghitani dies Renowned Egyptian novelist and journalist Gamal Al Ghitani died on Sunday at a hospital in Cairo where he had been in a coma for more than three
Germany 14/10/2015 Iran boycotts Frankfurt Book Fair over Salman Rushdie appearance Iran is boycotting this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair because of an appearance by British Indian author Salman Rushdie. He was the subject of an
Sweden 05/10/2015 The Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell creator of Inspector Kurt Wallander has died The Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell has died of cancer at the age of 67. The author revealed he had the illness in a newspaper column last year
