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<i>Preview:</i> Nation at Rialto Newmarket
Terry Pratchett's alternate world as seen in the latest National Theatre film offering has a Kiwi tang.
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Director Chris Columbus, responsible for the first two Harry Potter films, returns to the world of teenage fantasy adventures.
<i>Jim Hopkins:</i> Scientist's racy novel turns up the heat
The worlds of climate change and steamy sex collide ... and a classic is born.
Literary juggernaut first among equals
Celebrated author JD Salinger spoke to readers in his own special way.
The good, the bad and the brilliant
Marina Endicott witnessed a two-car collision that provided the starting point for Good to a Fault, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in the Canada and Caribbean region.
Survivors tell author tsunami nightmares
Samoan writer Lani Wendt Young has been commissioned to take down the stories of hundreds of people affected by the Pacific tsunami.
A glimpse of an imaginary city of gold
If you had been in Venice just over a year ago and gone to see the elegant Bridge of Sighs, you would have had an unpleasant surprise.
Hands on approach (+recipe)
Famous foodie Nigel Slater talks to Stephen Jewell about how his work grew - like his garden - from one book into two.
Great book, no publisher? Try DIY
If you're convinced you have a bestseller but no publisher, Nicky Pellegrino says DIY may be the way to go.