Alison Flood

Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay is now being distributed in Swedish to high-school pupils.

Correspondence between Tolkien and the late and acclaimed illustrator gives further details about the sometimes thorny relationship between the two.

The United States president will present the novelist with the highest award for artists given by the US government.

A 8 000-word story by F Scott Fitzgerald has been discovered in the archives of Princeton University.

Harper Lee’s lawyer, Tonja Carter, says there may be a third novel by Lee.

As its Tuesday launch creates frenzy in the literary world, the novel’s first chapter reveals a voice recognisable to that of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Completed in the mid-50s but lost for more than 50 years, the novel was written before ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ and features Scout as an adult.

The Hoshi prize hopes stories created by artificial intelligences (AIs) will soon go up against those written by humans in the competition.

Samar Yazbek was named by British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy as international "writer of courage" with whom she will share the Pen/Pinter prize.

After 72 years of tackling supervillains as a straight man, DC Comics’ Green Lantern, one of the oldest characters, is to be reintroduced as gay.

Stephen King’s digital publication of "Riding the Bullet" in 2000 made him one of the pioneers of the e-book movement.

Brett Easton Ellis is mulling a sequel to <i>American Psycho</i> in which Patrick Bateman murders David Beckham and analyses Whitney Houston’s oeuvre.

The Swedish Academy has responded to accusations of insularity in recent years by awarding the 2011 Nobel prize for literature to one of their own.

Author unveils collaborative website that will have extensive background material, sell e-books and create an opportunity for fans to submit content.

Author and publisher Carmen Callil has withdrawn from the judging panel of the Man Booker International prize over its decision to honour Philip Roth.