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Plagiarism software finds Shakespeare plays borrowed heavily from 16th century text

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Academic detectives uncover A Brief Discourse of Rebellion and Rebels by George North as source for much of the Bard's work.

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Ursula K Le Guin dies aged 88: Tributes pour in for science fiction writer

The science fiction writer and fantasy author Ursula K Le Guin has died aged 88. She was renowned for the Earthsea...

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Today marks the birth of American science fiction writer Isaac Asimov - which in recent times has become a wider...

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130 years on, the story of Sherlock Holmes' literary debut

On 1 December 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet, which lays...

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Masters of Landscape Photography: Stunning images by 16 leading exponents of the genre

A new book, Masters of Landscape Photography, looks at 16 leading exponents of the genre, each with their own unique...

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China's futuristic Tianjin Binhai library: Unreal architecture, fake books

AFP photographer Fred Dufour took a closer look at the Tianjin Binhai library and discovered that the rows of book...

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Dublin, 1991: Krass Clement's melancholy photos of the Irish capital published for the first time

In 1991, Danish photographer Krass Clement spent three months in Ireland, capturing melancholic, monochromatic photos...

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LA NY: Dazzling aerial photographs of Los Angeles and New York, by Jeffrey Milstein

Using high-resolution cameras mounted to a stabilising gyro, Jeffrey Milstein leaned out of helicopters over Los...

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6 hair-raising facts about Bram Stoker on the 170th anniversary of his birth

Bram Stoker, author behind the world's most famous vampire Dracula, was born on 8 November 1847. Here are 6 facts and...

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Nancy Friday: The pioneering writer who shared women's sexual fantasies in My Secret Garden

Nancy Friday collected and shared women's sexual fantasies in her book My Secret Garden. She died on 6 November, aged...

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November 1 is Author's Day: A celebration of the world's greatest writers and their contribution to fiction.

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Zora Neale Hurston (1903-1960) studied anthropology under scholar Franz Boas. She wrote several novels, drawing heavily on her knowledge of human development and the African American experience in America. She is best known for Their Eyes Were Watching Go

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George Saunders wins Man Booker Prize for 'utterly original' novel Lincoln in the Bardo

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Mississippi school bans To Kill A Mockingbird because it 'makes people uncomfortable'

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I See a City: Todd Webb's evocative photographs of New York immediately after World War Two

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Plagiarism software finds Shakespeare plays borrowed heavily from 16th century text

Ursula K Le Guin dies aged 88: Tributes pour in for science fiction writer

Today is Science Fiction Day – take our quiz and test your knowledge of the genre

130 years on, the story of Sherlock Holmes' literary debut

Darker: We read the new Fifty Shades book and found the most NSFW lines so you don't have to

Masters of Landscape Photography: Stunning images by 16 leading exponents of the genre

China's futuristic Tianjin Binhai library: Unreal architecture, fake books

Dublin, 1991: Krass Clement's melancholy photos of the Irish capital published for the first time

LA NY: Dazzling aerial photographs of Los Angeles and New York, by Jeffrey Milstein

6 hair-raising facts about Bram Stoker on the 170th anniversary of his birth

Nancy Friday: The pioneering writer who shared women's sexual fantasies in My Secret Garden

Quiz: Do you know which novels these quotes are from?

Brilliant books by POC writers that everyone should read

Pop! Explore Brian Griffin's era-defining photos of Kate Bush, Depeche Mode, Siouxsie and more

George Saunders wins Man Booker Prize for 'utterly original' novel Lincoln in the Bardo

Dictionary Day quiz: Do you know the meaning of these multifarious words?

Mississippi school bans To Kill A Mockingbird because it 'makes people uncomfortable'

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