A Kuwaiti artist has created a "Cemetery of Banned Books" to protest the government's ban on thousands of pieces of literature

She had to row for 12 hours every day for over 100 days, faced up to 10-metre waves with only herself for company and lost contact with the outside world.

French bookstores have criticised the decision to include his self-published novel on the long-list for this year’s Prix Renaudot because it is only available via Amazon.

Paul and Leila Morris decided to sell the shop so they can enjoy an early retirement.

Elena González never expected that a recent sort through of stock at her second-hand bookstore in western Spain would lead to a call to bomb disposal experts.

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A bookshop in the UK who tweeted about its worst trading day on Monday, has since been been flooded with support to record its “best week.”

Inès de la Fressange and Sophie Gachet give out their secret tips and addresses to look like a stylish Parisian.

Along one of Baghdad’s oldest streets, a new bookstore is making waves — not for the titles it sells but for who owns it.

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The Nobel prize committee called Ishiguro an "exquisite novelist"

Hillary Clinton prepares for launch of 'revelatory' book.

Ali al-Moussawi is a bookworm from Baghdad in Iraq who has turned his love of reading into a career.