In praise of … Solzhenitsyn
Leader: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the onetime literary scourge of Stalinism and its successors, is enjoying popularity inconceivable when his great novel, The First Circle, was smuggled abroad to be published in 1968.
An offer I couldn’t refuse
Crime writer Michael Dibdin was well aware that the remote wilds of Sardinia were a haven for kidnappers and brigands. But what were the intentions of the roughneck stranger who insisted on befriending him?
Library book overdue for 61 years earns £3,500 fine
A public library book issued in 1945 has racked up an overdue fine of NZ$9,000 (£3,500).
The Betty I knew
Betty Friedan, who died this weekend aged 85, was widely considered to be the founder of modern feminism. Was she really as pivotal as she thought she was, asks Germaine Greer.
Betty Friedan
Obituary: Feminist icon of the 1960s, renowned for her bestseller, The Feminine Mystique, dies aged 85.
Beckett estate fails to stop women waiting for Godot
· Court overturns attempt to exclude female actors · Judgment hailed as a victory for civil rights
The dark side of happiness
She's a successful writer who admits she's had a charmed life - she's published three novels and is in a long, happy marriage to Paul Auster. So what makes Siri Hustvedt so afraid of herself, asks Melissa Denes.
Author admits tall tales and writes apology
James Frey, the discredited author of the best-selling memoir A Million Little Pieces, has admitted making things up and exaggerating his role in events to further the book's 'greater purpose'.
Young Italians find a hero
Thousands download an internet novel highlighting the plight of the €1,000-a-month workers.
Literary invaders in the wake of Francis Drake
Deckchairs, umbrellas, bookshops at every corner, people stuffed into marquees apologising profusely as they bump the elbows of their tweed jackets into one other. The Hay festival is a special literary event.
Trump files $5bn lawsuit over biography
Donald Trump, the property magnate with a fondness for putting his name to really tall buildings, signed his name to a monumental lawsuit yesterday, suing the author and publisher of a new biography for $5bn (£2.8bn).