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Germany

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

08/01/2016

Egypt

Egyptian novelist Gamal Al Ghitani dies

18/10/2015

Germany

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

14/10/2015

Sweden

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

05/10/2015

United Kingdom

#Piggate: Lurid claims about David Cameron capture imagination of British press

A colourful biography of Britain’s prime minister written by a former friend who was once the biggest donor to David Cameron’s Conservative party

21/09/2015

Nigeria

Nigeria: girl, 9, writes book on terrorism after meeting displaced children

Splendour Joe Abisoye is no ordinary nine year old. A trip to a camp for displaced civilians in her country’s north made such an impression on the

18/08/2015

United Kingdom

Oldest fragments of the Koran found in Birmingham, UK

A British university says fragments of a Koran manuscript found in its library were from one of the oldest surviving copies of the Islamic text in

22/07/2015

Culture news

How young translators are helping knit European culture together

Europe’s babel-like patchwork of languages has, on the face of it, made communication and understanding a constant issue. To deal with it the EU has

27/04/2015

Israel

HarperCollins wipes Israel off the map

01/01/2015

United Kingdom

Book claims to definitively prove identity of Jack the Ripper

08/09/2014

USA

Game of Thrones' George RR Martin writes touching letter to 13-year-old fan

24/07/2014

USA

Timothy Geithner’s “Stress Test”: choosing between “bad” and “worse”

19/05/2014

USA

Game of Thrones’ George R.R. Martin unveils cover of new book

08/05/2014

USA

'It's Kind of a Funny Story' author Ned Vizzini dies at age 32

21/12/2013

USA

American novelist Elmore Leonard dies at 87

20/08/2013

World

Jeremy Rifkin and 'lateral power' energy

31/05/2012