Carlos Fuentes obituary
Mexico's most celebrated novelist
Fifty Shades of Grey banned from Florida libraries
Bestselling erotic novel removed from shelves in Brevard County as other US libraries make the most of title's popularity
Maurice Sendak’s dark visions delighted generations of children
The author who won fame with the brilliant but unsettling Where the Wild Things Are refused to patronise his young readers
Maurice Sendak: the fight in him was an expression of life
Emma Brockes: When I interviewed Maurice Sendak last year, he was furious with everything. That fury came from love – and it drove his art
Maurice Sendak’s stories opened the door to the Wild Things
Sarah Crown: The fiercely private writer and illustrator's gloriously unsentimental books achieved that rare thing in children's literature – a place in our collective consciousness
Maurice Sendak, father of the Wild Things, dies at 83
The prize-winning author and illustrator of more than 100 books, including the children's classic Where the Wild Things Are, has died aged 83
In One Person by John Irving – review
An aspiring novelist struggles to come to terms with his sexuality in John Irving's memorable hymn to individuality, writes Tim Adams
Stephen King: I’m rich, tax me
In an expletive-filled condemnation of America's tax system, the bestselling novelist, who donates $4m a year to charity, says wealthy Americans have a 'moral imperative' to pay higher taxes
Microsoft invests $300m in Barnes & Noble’s Nook ebook business
Barnes & Noble shares soar as deal with software giant eases fears that bookseller lacks capital to compete with Amazon
Toni Morrison to receive presidential medal of freedom
The Nobel prize-winning author of Beloved will be given the United States' highest civilian honour
On her majesty’s silver service: expats dust off tuxedos for BritWeek in LA
Britons famous, once famous and perhaps to be famous again are beating the drum for the UK in Hollywood this week
Christopher Hitchens’ wit and warmth remembered as New York pays tribute
Salman Rushdie and Martin Amis among those at Cooper Union to celebrate life and work of 'pioneer at the frontier'
The Real Romney by Michael Kranish and Scott Helman – review
Sexism, plutocracy, bigotry? What does the Republican nominee stand for, wonders Katha Pollitt
Orange prize 2012: Cynthia Ozick installed as favourite to win
Author celebrating her 84th birthday joins previous winner Ann Patchett and Booker winner Anne Enright on six-strong shortlist
Trayvon Martin death raises issue of racism in America, says Toni Morrison
Nobel prize-winning novelist says Republican presidential hopefuls used hateful language against Barack Obama
Toni Morrison: ‘I want to feel what I feel. Even if it’s not happiness’
Nobel prize-winning author Toni Morrison talks to Emma Brockes about being a single mother, the death of her son and why love doesn't last
Apple accused by US of colluding with publishers to fix price of ebooks
Lawsuit filed by US department of justice claims Apple ended price competition after seeing success of Amazon's $10 ebooks
Harry Crews obituary
American novelist whose southern gothic tales featured the requisite Bible-thumpers, snake-oil sellers and rednecks
Hunger Games novels join most complained-about titles in US
Suzanne Collins's young adult trilogy near top of US list of 'frequently challenged' books in 2011
New York Public Library’s plan to take books off shelves worries scholars
City institution's $300m transformation will make way for an up-to-date lending library, but some fear research will suffer
What’s wrong with parents helping their children to self-publish books?
Dan Gillmor: They know their children aren't writing great novels – but at least some parents are encouraging the creation generation
American digital public library promised for 2013
Two million books will be available in an online digital library to rival Google's collection, according to Professor Robert Darnton, who promised the new database would overcome copyright hurdles by next year
Ann Patchett named as one of Time’s most influential people
Alison Flood: The magazine said the author of Bel Canto, who opened her own bookshop in Tennessee, is fighting 'for the fate of the printed word'
Newly published Kurt Vonnegut novella tops ebook charts
Alison Flood: The 20,000-word Basic Training was written in the 1940s, while Vonnegut still worked for General Electric
Tiger Woods’ hopes for comeback overshadowed by ex-coach’s memoir
Scandal-hit golfer is the favourite for the Masters in Augusta but a new book could put him off his stroke
Adrienne Rich obituary
Radical poet revered by feminists and literary critics alike
Adrienne Rich, award-winning poet and essayist, dies aged 82
She was a poet of 'towering reputation and towering rage who brought the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse', writes Alison Flood
The Hunger Games smashes US box office records
Sci-fi thriller takes $155m on opening weekend and could become '$1bn franchise'
The rise of ‘mommy porn’: UK writer lures Hollywood with bestselling erotic trilogy Fifty Shades
Major film deal in pipeline for EL James, whose trilogy began as fan fiction online
Literary Las Vegas
Anna Stothard, who has just made the Orange Prize longlist, goes in search of the places famous writers found decadence and excess in Sin City
Parent files police complaint after teacher reads Ender’s Game to pupils
A teacher in South Carolina is on adminstrative leave after the parent of a 14-year-old complained that Orson Scott Card's classic novel was 'pornographic'
Fidel Castro may have known of Oswald plan to kill JFK, book claims
Retired CIA officer says Cuban leader ordered intelligence officer to listen for news from Texas on morning of shooting
Encyclopedia Britannica in the age of Wikipedia
Dan Gillmor: The end of Britannica printing its encyclopedia is really just a footnote in the great story of online access to knowledge
Scientists use Thoreau’s journal notes to track climate change
Researchers use Walden author's tables of flowering dates in 1840s Massachusetts to show temperature has risen 2.4C