Susan Lydon
Obituary: Feminist writer who launched the debate on the female orgasm.
Catholic dissent over mystery of the pregnant Madonnas
Italian author claims paintings are linked to suppression of Knights Templar.
Catholics join Da Vinci Code mania
Today the Catholic church launches a website dedicated to St Mary Magdalene, specifically for fans of the ubiquitous novel.
Women rewrite gender balance of bestseller lists
Old literary habit of adopting a male pseudonym could be reversed as female authors' works fly off shelves.
The mother I never knew
Brought up by her grandparents, Anna Swan was 39 before she learned about her mother's colourful life - and her suicide.
Anti-Islamic Italian author in new legal fight
Long-running battle over post-9/11 books pits freedom of speech against respect for religious belief.
Claude Simon
Obituary: Nobel prize-winning French novelist made stoical by two wars.
After 50 years, Russia finally gets its own Zhivago
Filming draws to a close on a television adaptation of Doctor Zhivago, the first acted and directed by Russians.
How could we have forgotten that this was always going to happen?
Ian McEwan watches oddly familiar scenes unfold in the heart of the capital after the bombings.
‘Savagely woken from a pleasant dream’
Londoners woke yesterday still basking in the warm glow of their Olympic triumph. Then came the news they had dreaded - and half expected - since September 2001. James Meek walks through the streets of a suddenly pedestrian city.
Ed McBain
Obituary: The great crime writer behind the 87th Precinct series.