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).
Turkey draws back from prosecuting outspoken novelist
The Turkish authorities have dropped their charges of "insulting Turkishness" against the celebrated novelist Orhan Pamuk, according to reports last night from Istanbul, thus avoiding the international opprobrium which would have mounted if he had been convicted of a crime for expressing his opinion.
Flaming Norah! Is that what men have to go through?
In the battle between the sexes Norah Vincent was a secret agent. For 18 months she lived as a man, trying to resolve the gender divide. The result is a book, Self-Made Man.
Straw ‘blocked’ diplomat’s book which questioned Iraq war
Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Britain's former ambassador to the UN, is accused by MPs of "keeling over" to the foreign secretary by pulling the publication of his memoirs.