Amputation scenes spark revulsion at screening of Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours
Reports say three cinemagoers fainted and one had a seizure at Toronto festival debut of the Trainspotting director's gory new film
Brighton Rock coasts along on Andrea Riseborough’s star turn
David Cox: The remake departs from the Boultings' 1947 classic but Rowan Joffé has turned Greene's story into a towering study of female suffering
Jackie Kay for Scotland’s national poet!
Most of the candidates for Scotland's top poetry job were in attendance at the festival - but there can be only one choice, writes Charlotte Higgins
Dragons’ Pen rampages at Edinburgh
Only one of the budding authors presenting their pitches at the Edinburgh festival went home in tears, writes Charlotte Higgins
McSex and McSweeney’s at the Edinburgh book festival
The Edinburgh international book festival has let down its hair with a series of relaxed, free evening events, writes Charlotte Higgins
Book festivals bring out the brains in Britons
Jonathan Jones: Turn off the TV, put down the papers, and take a tour of Britain's book festivals. We are a lot more cultured than you think
Julie Taymor’s The Tempest to close Venice film festival
Director's second Shakespeare reimagining will feature Ben Whishaw as Ariel and Helen Mirren as a female Prospero
Which words disturb you?
Michelle Pauli: The Ledbury festival is asking poets for the words that trip them up. So far the response has been muted. Can you do better?
Edinburgh book and film festivals to join forces
Architect Norman Foster and author Margaret Atwood to spearhead partial tie-up between festivals
Poster poems: the Hay festival
Billy Mills: The genre of 'poems about literary festivals' is a narrow one, so get writing – even a haiku about portable toilets will do
The Palfest book festival puts Palestinian writers on the map
Palfest overcomes the restrictions on movement in the West Bank by sending its writers themselves on tour – and, in the process, gives Palestinians a voice
Stranded in Beirut, the Arab literary world takes wing
After four days of literary exchange in Beirut, the writers and editors still grounded by the volcano are forging links that will open up the world to Arabic literature
‘You are free to write, others have not been so lucky’
For 50 years PEN's Writers in Prison Committee has been campaigning on behalf of writers who have been imprisoned for speaking their minds
Spelling out the wonders of the London Word festival
Nancy Groves: We have endless literature festivals, but this event's dedication to its nuts and bolts is an unusual pleasure