Highlights from around the globe

The organisers of the York Literature Festival, which starts today (March 19th) and runs until Sunday, have hailed this year's event as the most successful yet,

The director general of the Malaysian National Library, Datuk Raslin Abu Bakar, is urging people across the south-east Asian country to make better use of the

As the popularity of online book retailers continues to rise, many people are predicting a bleak future for bricks-and-mortar bookstores, although recent

A number of first edition books which were smuggled out of Austria in 1938 have been brought back to the country and placed in the national library in

 A new literary prize has been launched with the intention of encouraging writers to push the boundaries of the art form and experiment with new and truly

With Dan Brown's latest book 'Inferno' set to be released on May 14th, publisher Doubleday has announced that for the duration of this week (March 17th to 24th)

Sebastian Faulks, who is best known for his 1993 novel 'Birdsong', has been commissioned to write a new 'Jeeves and Wooster' book by the estate of PG Wodehouse,

Indian author Amish Tripathi has been awarded a record advance for the South Asian rights to his next three books, following the success of his previous

Zambia-born author Wilbur Smith has announced that he has signed a deal to write six more books, despite turning 80 earlier this month. In an interview

Nickelodeon Global Publishing, the publisher of children’s titles based on the company’s popular television programmes, has announced that it is to release a

American author Philip Roth has been voted the greatest living writer in the US in a poll by New York Magazine's online portal, Vulture. According to the

Bestselling author E.L James, whose 'Fifty Shades' trilogy sold over 40 million copies worldwide and was the most successful e-book of last year, has revealed

James Renner's debut novel, 'The Man From Primrose Lane', is to be made into a film after Warner Brothers announced that it had bought the rights to the

Jane Austen's famous novel Pride & Prejudice is celebrating its 200th birthday today (January 28th), and the event could not have come at a better

A former UN aid worker has set up a mobile library service for children in Pakistan in an attempt to help raise the standards of education and help build a

Syfy has signed up to turn the Philip K Dick novel The Man in the High Castle into the latest in its portfolio of TV adaptations. Frank Spotnitz (The

Stephen King’s long-awaited sequel to his 1977 hair-raiser ‘The Shining’ is due to be released this year, and the famous author says he hopes to terrify readers

Today (February 13th) sees the launch of the inaugural 'Brazzaville' literary and film festival in Congo's Palais de Congres.   The event has been organised by

The rising popularity of graphic novels and comic books in India is acting as a major driving force in getting more young adults into reading, according to a

Researchers at the University of California's Berkeley campus are hoping to revolutionise the way e-books work in order to allow for greater collaboration

The popularity of e-books has been on the rise for the past few years thanks to the invention of digital readers and tablets, and now the craze could be set to

With the popularity of e-readers and e-books constantly on the rise, libraries around the world are beginning to feel the pinch as more and more people turn to

As booksellers around the world struggle to cope with the power of the large online retailers such as Amazon, collaboration between smaller companies and high

Susan Hill's popular horror story 'The Woman in Black' is to make a return this year with the release of a sequel entitled 'The Woman in Black: Angel of