Francoise Gilot expresses controversial views in her new book: 'About Women: Conversations Between a Writer and a Painter'.

Kiwi Steve Williams opens up about golfer's affairs in tell-all book.

As Charlie Brown celebrates his 65th birthday, Lucy Davies learns how his creator, Charles M Schulz, reinvented comics for the modern world.

Bill Bryson famously came from Iowa ("Somebody had to"). So do the farming dynasty of Jane Smiley's now-completed trilogy.

The adult art craze is driving a resurgence in book sales but many bookworms are colouring-in rather than reading.

J.R.R Tolkien's annotated map of Middle-earth has been discovered inside a copy of The Lord of the Rings.

Rowling reveals two-part play based on her books depicts wizard 19 years after leaving Hogwarts

Khloé Kardashian has cancelled her upcoming book tour.

An edited extract from High Country Stations of the Mackenzie, written by Mary Hobbs reveals the pioneers of the famed Mt Cook Station.

Google can continue to scan books without paying authors after a court rules it was 'fair use'.

The Porcelain Thief describes Hsu's search for it, which, of course, necessitated his taking a job with a wealthy uncle in Shanghai and learning the language and customs of his ancestral home.

It's not at all easy to talk about Grace Jones - disco queen, new waver, Bond villain, diva, android, androgyne - as if she is a real person.

British crime writer M.J. Arlidge talks to Craig Sisterson about why he favours strong leading ladies in modern thrillers.

It was the small screen that made him big. While many high-minded intellectuals disdained television, Vidal realised its power.

A biography detailing the life of Velvet Underground founder Lou Reed reveals a darker side to the rock legend.

The book, which features sexually explicit content, drug use and use of slang for female genitalia, is now classified as unrestricted.

They were the wholesome educational aids which taught generations of children the basics of everything from cake decorating to nuclear power.

The internet is braced for meltdown as the first official drawing of the world's most unlikely sex symbol is unveiled.

Friends teased her as a child, but Hamilton 22-year-old Yvette Willemse is now a proper author with a four-book contract with an American publisher.

From East Berlin to war-torn Africa, Frederick Forsyth's Bond-like past shows what made him a natural fit for MI6.