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Moscow expels US journalist US journalist David Satter, a longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been banned from the country in one of the first such expulsions since the Cold War.

15 January 2014

Kazakhstan artist wins literary festival in UK Asol Bilyalova from Kazakhstan has won in the Artistic Illustration category at the Literature Festival 2013 in London and Cambridge.

09 January 2014

Important library in north Lebanon torched A decades-old library owned by a Greek Orthodox priest in north Lebanon's majority Sunni city of Tripoli was torched late Friday, a day after a sectarian scuffle, a security source said.

05 January 2014

Authors Guild appeals ruling in Google Books case The Authors Guild is appealing a US judge's decision in a long-running case that cleared legal obstacles for Google's massive book-scanning project, court documents showed Monday.

31 December 2013

Sherlock Holmes is free, US judge rules The beloved British detective Sherlock Holmes is now free to be reimagined in the United States after a federal judge ruled that licensing fees are no longer required.

28 December 2013

Liver and let die: James Bond was an alcoholic - study "A dry martini. Just hand it to me, and I'll do the shaking myself."

13 December 2013

Harry Potter to speak Kazakhsha in 2014 The Harry Potter series will be translated into Kazakh in 2014.

08 December 2013

Fifty Shades of Grey movie begins filming The movie adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey, the bestselling erotic novel by E.L. James, has started filming in westernmost Canada.

04 December 2013

Haruki Murakami novel Japan's 2013 best-seller The new novel by literary superstar Haruki Murakami was Japan's biggest-selling book of 2013, the nation's largest distributer said.

03 December 2013

World's most expensive printed book sells for $14.2mn The first book written in what is today the United States of America fetched $14.2 million in New York on Tuesday, becoming the world's most expensive printed book sold at auction.

27 November 2013

'Fifty Shades' rape case dismissed in New Zealand A New Zealand man has been cleared of raping his estranged wife while pretending to be her young lover in a case partially inspired by the novel "Fifty Shades of Grey".

19 November 2013

Scientists study evolution of 'Little Red Riding Hood' "Little Red Riding Hood" may have been heading to her grandmother's house -- but anthropologists wanted to know where she came from and just how her story spread.

14 November 2013

Villa that inspired Pinocchio for sale in Italy A villa near Florence that inspired the author of Pinocchio is on the market for 10.5 million euros ($14 million) -- a world away from the humble workshop where the marionette is born in the book.

13 November 2013

Jung Chang and 'the concubine who launched modern China' Jung Chang says she does not enjoy arguments, but the latest book from the writer whose works are banned in China is proving to be typically contentious.

04 November 2013

Football: Ferguson lifts lid on Beckham, Rooney, England Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson launched his new autobiography, lifting the lid on his relationships with stars including David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, Roy Keane and Wayne Rooney.

23 October 2013

New Zealand author Eleanor Catton wins 2013 Booker Prize New Zealand author Eleanor Catton became the youngest winner of the Man Booker Prize for fiction, claiming the award for her novel "The Luminaries".

17 October 2013

Bookshops in Europe take stand against Internet rivalry European bookshops are taking a stand against competition from the Internet, boosted by a renaissance in independent stores and their enhanced know-how despite still facing a difficult climate.

13 October 2013

Printers' 'Bridget Jones moment' leaves fans nonplused Fans of Bridget Jones, rushing to find out the London diarist's latest adventures, were left baffled on Thursday after pages from the autobiography of a British actor were mistakenly inserted in her new book.

11 October 2013

Internet giants targeted ahead of world's biggest book fair Organisers of the world's biggest book fair warned Tuesday against the domination of Internet giants as the publishing world grapples to blend old and new forms of reading.

10 October 2013

Single again: Bridget Jones returns Bridget Jones returns after a 14-year break on Thursday, in a new book which sees the famed British singleton widowed with two children but still grappling with modern life and unsuitable men.

08 October 2013

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