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Turkey

Turkish author Yasar Kemal dies at 92

Yasar Kemal, one of Turkey’s best-known writers, has died at the age of 92. He passed away in hospital in Istanbul following respiratory and organ

01/03/2015

Culture news

'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' celebrates 50th anniversary

He’s best known for inventing literature’s most famous spy. But 50 years ago, James Bond creator Ian Fleming also wrote a bedtime story for his son

02/02/2015

World

Love reading: turning the page on traditional approaches to literature

The joys and benefits of reading have been apparent down through the ages, but in the internet age some fear literature is losing its allure

30/01/2015

Spain

Spain's hunt for Miguel de Cervantes's remains uncovers clues

Excavations in the crypt of a Madrid church to recover the remains of celebrated author Miguel de Cervantes have uncovered bone fragments and coffin

26/01/2015

France

Thank you for this biopic: Film rights bought to Trierweiler's revenge memoir

Valerie Trierweiler, the former partner of the French president will see her kiss-and-tell book transferred to the big screen. The film rights to

05/01/2015

World

What we can learn from myths and legends

21/12/2014

United Kingdom

Queen of crime fiction PD James dies aged 94

27/11/2014

USA

What to expect in the new 'Game of Thrones' book

16/10/2014

World

Andrey Kurkov: independent Ukrainians neither pro-Russian nor pro-EU

31/07/2014

France

Flying high with The Little Prince: France opens world's 1st aerial theme park

18/07/2014

USA

Hillary Clinton creates mega-buzz with “Hard Choices”

29/05/2014

USA

American author and poet Maya Angelou dies at age 86

28/05/2014

Sweden

Canadian Alice Munro wins Nobel prize for literature- Academy

10/10/2013

Ireland

Nobel Literature winner, Irish poet Seamus Heaney dies

30/08/2013

World

Back in the Day: Lewis Caroll tells Alice about Wonderland

04/07/2013

World

Martin Amis on the 'terrorism of alienation'

25/06/2013

World

Rooted to the classics

22/03/2013

World

'What took centuries to create in Italy was degraded in a very short time'

21/02/2013

Culture news

Inga's Fragments

21/11/2012

Culture news

The jury's verdict on the Top 12 in the European Union Prize for Literature

19/11/2012