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One of the books likely to fall foul of the new law is The Lost Girls by the graphic artist Alan Moore

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

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.

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

The portrait of William Shakespeare painted in 1610

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 Frederick Forsyth, landed in Guinea-Bissau to research his latest thriller just hours before President Joao Bernardo Vieira was assassinated

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

Jake says his actions are not unusual and his parents are 'insane'

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.

Canadian journalist Naomi Klein has won Britain's inaugural Warwick Prize for Writing for

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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