Mohammed Hanif on his homecoming to Pakistan

Mohammed Hanif on why he's glad he went back home to Pakistan

Romancing the past

Editorial: It is unlikely that the funeral of Harry Patch will shake the hold that a war that ended 91 years ago still exercises on the popular imagination

What happened to Arab science fiction?

Nesrine Malik: Despite its many fantastical stories, Arab culture has produced few truly futuristic sci-fi works. Let's fill the gap

Comic-Con: revenge of the nerds

It's the biggest pop-culture convention in the world. Now Comic-Con, once dismissed as a playground for super- geeks, is attracting Hollywood's star players. Anna Pickard reports

Every book tells a story

Theresa Malone: Amazon's deletion of novels from Kindle devices shows that buying an ebook isn't like owning a real, battered, secondhand tome

You’re yesterday’s woman, Bridget

Lucy Rock: A new fictional heroine is needed: a woman with backbone, to inspire us in a time of global recession. She would be clever and witty, cultured and confident

Invaded! How one small town became overrun with vampires

Alison Flood: Twilight author Stephenie Meyer has chosen the US's rainiest location, Forks, Washington State in which to set her vampire series

Merriam-Webster releases list of new words to be included in dictionary

Publishing house known for texts on American English shares sample of more than 100 words granted entry into its Collegiate dictionary

Hemingway revealed as failed KGB spy

Notes from Stalin-era intelligence archives show 'agent Argo' as a willing recruit in 1941

Sex sells to women too

Kristina Lloyd and Mathilde Madden: Black Lace had a reputation for producing edgy, well-written erotica for women. The demand is there, so why does it have to close?