A French children's author who claimed Disney's blockbuster film Finding Nemo copied a fish of his creation was convicted of fraud yesterday and ordered to pay €60,000 (£43,000) in damages and legal fees.
Much has been written this week about the influence of the radical feminist - apart from the truth: that she set the women's movement back 20 years, says Havana Marking.
One of Germany's most successful authors, Frank Schätzing, was yesterday facing claims that he lifted large chunks of his latest blockbuster from the internet.
Obituary: Avantgarde poet of the Beat epoch named by Charles Olson as "the figure of outward", and onetime editor of the Black Mountain Review, dies aged 78.
The combustible mix of sex and politics turned the heads of judges in this year's prestigious Pulitzer Prizes, the highest honours in American journalism announced in New York last night. By David Teather.
Jane Fonda, Hollywood star, workout queen and political activist, has provided an iconic image for each decade since the 60s. In this exclusive interview, she reflects on a lifetime of high-profile campaigning, her three failed marriages, and reveals why she hates the name Hanoi Jane.
As Zimbabwe goes to the polls, Brian Chikwava examines the legacy of one of the country's finest writers, Dambudzo Marechera, and discovers that his iconoclastic work still has resonance for Zimbabweans today
Nadeem Aslam's Maps For Lost Lovers, hailed as finding "shimmering love" among the bigotries and injustices of the Asian area of an English town, yesterday won a share of a £16,000 international literary prize.