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BBC One has commissioned an adaptation of the Harry Potter author's dark thriller.

Mantel becomes first woman and first British novelist to win prestigious prize twice.

Five-day book fair, with New Zealand as guest of honour, has 7,300 exhibitors from 100 countries.

Harry Potter author's new book, The Casual Vacancy, describes a Sikh female student as hairy.

Judges hone list to favourite 12 to compete in biggest literary title of the year.

British actress emerges as frontrunner to play female protagonist Anastasia Steele in film adaptation of EL James's mega-selling bondage trilogy.

Marc Shapiro's unauthorised biography claims 24-year-old struggled with alcohol abuse early on in her career.

Publishers Little, Brown release intriguing teaser image of Casual Vacancy book jacket to whet appetite of millions of Rowling fans.

Collection features characters from Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House and The Pickwick Papers.

The dancing pooch's book will tell how he rose to glory on ITV talent show

Since its mainstream release Fifty Shades Of Grey has aroused sales of ropes, whips and handcuffs in the US.

American science fiction, fantasy and horror writer Ray Bradbury best known for Fahrenheit 451, a nightmarish vision of a future where books are burned.

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc ties up with J K Rowling to launch the Wonderbook, a product set for the Playstation 3 games console.

Academics from US, India and South Africa meet at St Andrews University in Scotland to discuss inclusion of Harry Potter series as literary texts.

Just months before Amanda Knox releases her much-publicised book narrating her side of the story of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, the victim's father is to release a book detailing the heart wrenching events that robbed their family of their happiness.

Erika Leonard became a publishing sensation after her bondage novels about

London Review of Books publishes story written by Jane Eyre author for married man with whom she fell in love.

Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall lay wreath in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey to mark Dickens bicentenary.

Vatican's St Peter's Square witnessed two men in grip of the devil being cured by the pope, says church exorcist.

The 200th anniversary of the birth one of Britain's greatest writers will be marked around the world.

To celebrate the bicentenary or 200th anniversary of Victorian era writer, Charles Dickens, take a walk through the lanes and pubs of London to see the city through his eyes.

A rare first edition of John James Audobon's "The Birds of America" with life-size portrayals of more than 400 North American species was sold for $7.9 million at a Christie's auction in New York on Friday. The buyer of the book has not been identified.

Nintendo's game controller has won the 'Guinness Gamer World Record' at Liverpool St. Station, London.

According to the publisher, people read the book and then decide to discard it.

The year 2012 marks the bicentenary of Victorian author Charles Dickens known for creating some of the most iconic novels and characters of English literature. Throughout Britain, a host of exhibitions, events and activities are being organised to celebrate the life and work of the famed author.

Apple is believed to be developing a next-generation television set that will be controlled by users' voice and hand movements, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

The tiny unpublished manuscript from Charlotte Brontë's youth has set a new record for a manuscript by the author and for a literary work by any of the Bronte sisters.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has admitted he cried when he discoverd that the late Steve Jobs had tricked him into designing a game for which Jobs received a majority of the profit.

John Kinsella, visionary Australian poet and novelist, nominated for his work "Armour," has joined British poet Alice Oswald in withdrawing from the T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist in protest of its sponsorship by a hedge fund firm.