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Graphic artists condemn plans to ban erotic comics
Government plans to introduce a new set of laws policing cartoons of children
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£1m deal for Clarice Bean author
Saturday, 21 March 2009
Children's writer lines up six books on child secret agent Ruby Redfort
Seamus Heaney wins literature prize
Thursday, 19 March 2009
It was two in a row for the Irish in London last night when Nobel prize winning poet Seamus Heaney took home one of the most important UK literary awards.
When I'm 64: social worker is literary hit – after 20 years of trying
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Debut novel about Dickens makes second literary prize long-list
Win Marian Keyes' latest novel, 'This Charming Man'
Friday, 13 March 2009
To mark the publication of Marian Keyes' latest book, This Charming Man, Penguin and The Independent are giving readers the chance to win 10 copies of the book.
Myerson revealed as writer of column about teens
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Author of 'The Lost Child' admits that she has written about her children before
Unique portrait of Shakespeare unveiled
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
A heritage group said yesterday it had uncovered a 400-year-old portrait of playwright William Shakespeare, saying it believed it was the only authentic image of him made during his life.
The author and the coup he didn't have to invent
Thursday, 5 March 2009
When Guinea-Bissau's President was assassinated, guess which novelist happened to be in the country
Now for my side of the story: Myerson's son hits back
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
First his parents banished him because of his drug abuse. Then his mother decided to write about it in her new book. Jerome Taylor reports
Andy McSmith: Publisher's "bury bad news" day
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Public relations people get more competitive by the day. No more the lazy days when they earned their keep by sending press releases through the post and waiting for the telephone to ring.
Klein wins book award for 'Shock Doctrine'
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Canadian journalist Naomi Klein has won Britain's inaugural Warwick Prize for Writing for "The Shock Doctrine".
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