Backlash left Irish writer in fear
Dramatist tells of 'extraordinary' reaction to satirical work about political corruption in Ireland.
How the computer ‘killed’ nation state
Former White House intelligence chief 'turns our way of looking at the world upside down'.
New book says Christians suffered most
A new book which claims that Christians are the victims of worldwide persecution has stirred controversy in Italy amid accusations that it minimises the Holocaust and demonises Islam.
How I became a ‘call’ girl
Phone sex is not the most obvious graduate career choice. But with no money in the bank and a novel to write, it seemed like the only answer for Helena Echlin.
Narnia books attacked as racist and sexist
Philip Pullman dismisses work of CS Lewis as blatant religious propaganda
Archbishop warns of resurgent bigotry
The trend towards secularism could create a society whose priorities were "making the trains run on time - whether they are going to Eden or Auschwitz", according to the Archbishop of Wales.
In Kashmir, déjà-vu is a way of life
Should the west interpose between India and Pakistan? Salman Rushdie says it must
German author hit by Holocaust allegation
A leading German newspaper has abandoned plans to serialise a novel by one of the country's most celebrated authors saying the work was an anti-semitic 'document of hate', writes John Hooper.
There was a bookish man
The strange crime of William Jacques has rocked the sedate world of letters. But can greed alone explain why this privileged young man stole, doctored and sold hundreds of rare books from our great libraries?
Why is no one buying Baby Hunger?
It made the front pages - but the bookshops can't shift it. Kate Figes is not surprised.
Evolution loses a key populariser
Stephen Jay Gould, one of the world's best-known scientists and a witty prolific author who influenced the debate on evolution died of cancer at his home in New York city yesterday.
French farce
Julian Barnes: Jean-Marie Le Pen's surprise success in the first round of France's presidential election sent the country into a spasm of anguished self-examination. Was the left to blame? Was politics itself bankrupt? Only one thing is clear, reports Julian Barnes from Paris - the extremist cannot lose.