The demon in Dan Brown

Carrie Quinlan: I share the Vatican's horror at the flouting of a ban on filming Angels and Demons. But mainly because it's a rubbish book

My week: Geoff Dyer

The author flies around America promoting his latest blockbuster Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi

The great frame-up

Even as Stalin was having revolutionary allies executed at the Moscow show trials, the police kept a meticulous photographic record, now unearthed by David King

Amazon’s unlikely new bestseller

Rory Carroll: Since Chávez gave Obama a copy of Open Veins of Latin America it has zoomed from ranking 54,295th on Amazon.com to the number two spot

In search of India

This year's London book fair celebrates the diversity of contemporary Indian writing. How much do the novelists of the new generation have in common, asks Amit Chaudhuri. Writers and publishers recommend old favourites and rising stars

An animated dispute in Egypt

Katy Evans-Bush: The confiscation of Metro, the first Arabic adult graphic novel, raises important questions about free speech in Egypt