Literature

Festival event to mark Austen's 250th birthday

Charles Dickens Museum celebrates its 100th year

Sir Salman Rushdie to give first UK talk since stabbing

Literature festival returns for 32nd year in a row

Mum writes book to help dyslexic daughter

Woman completes granddaughter's unfinished novel

Philip Pullman 'relieved' to finish Lyra's final book

Museum showcases Terry Pratchett's Discworld art

Hunt for hidden books to mark World Book Night

US town forms human chain to move books to new shop. Video, 00:01:00US town forms human chain to move books to new shop

Mario Vargas Llosa: Giant of Latin American literature dies at 89

Book festival's 'driving force' to step down

The Vampire Diaries author LJ Smith dies at 66

Neneh Cherry among shortlisted women authors

#Merky Books winner wants to write for 'next gen of black boys'

Young writers on Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist

Community library to close after 76 years

'I've never read Gaskell - now I write in her home'

'I was lucky to be Sir Terry Pratchett's agent'

Donald Trump's niece in Hay Festival line up

The scientist who got stuck in a giant spider's web

Books need to reflect pupils' lives - Lenny Henry

Real-life shipwreck story wins major book award