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NEWS AND EVENTS
The third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, which has been some twenty years in the preparation, may only appear in online format, publishers have revealed. The market for printed... (31/08/2010)
The longlist for the 2010 Guardian first book award has been announced: Fiction Mr Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt Boxer, Beetle by Ned Beauman Things We Didn't See Coming by Steven... (31/08/2010)
When a bookseller handed Barack Obama an advance reading copy of the new Jonathan Franzen novel, neither party realised the panic that would ensue. It was mistakenly reported that the... (31/08/2010)
The Edinburgh International Book Festival, one of the UK's best-known literature events, has joined forces with four other leading international festivals in a move which looks to enhance collaboration on... (31/08/2010)
The long term partner of the late Swedish crime writer Steig Larsson is refusing to give up the latest instalment of his work. Eva Gabrielsson owns a laptop on which... (27/08/2010)
Authors including David Almond, Ali Smith, Hari Kunzru and AS Byatt have been protesting against the UK government's proposed cuts to Public Lending Right payments, which authors receive when their... (27/08/2010)
The argument that broke out when authors' agent Andrew Wylie announced he would publish digital versions of some of his clients' books appears to have been resolved. Wylie's new company,... (27/08/2010)
AS Byatt and John Carey have won this year's James Tait Black Memorial Prizes. Byatt won the fiction prize with her novel The Children's Book , while renowned critic Carey... (24/08/2010)
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