"Tell me what you eat," said the French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in 1825, "and I'll tell you what you are."

She's best known to the world as a writer of Indian food books, however, as Madhur Jaffrey tells Michele Kayal, her first love is the theatre.

For 70 years, the reprinting of Adolf Hitler's autobiography was prohibited in Germany because of fears it could be used as right-wing propaganda

Spark Joy: An Illustrated Guide to the Japanese Art of Tidying by Marie Kondo has to be one of the most useful books ever written, Paul Little writes.

Sinclair McKay is enthralled by superb histories that chart mankind's flirtation with global disaster.

Young liberals have made a video of Israelis and Palestinians kissing each other in response to a book being banned.

If you love Game of Thrones, don't nag George R.R. Martin to finish the books, writes Alyssa Rosenberg.

Eleanor Catton married her long-time partner Steven Toussaint today.

Agatha Christie loved taking everyday items and turning them into instruments of death.

Digital outreach librarian Baruk Jacob set up Auckland Libraries' new 'Maker Spaces'.

J.K. Rowling has said she "loves" the fact that Hermione Granger will be played by a black actress in the highly anticipated new Harry Potter play.

Edna O'Brien's new novel is about how we can still be seduced by evil people. Francesca Wade meets her.

T.S. Eliot once wrote that the critic's job was to "exhibit the relations of literature - not to 'life', as something contrasted to literature, but to all the other activities, which, together with literature, are the components of life".

Disney has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming film The BFG.

Author Kevin Barry's latest novel Beatlebone delves into the mind of John Lennon as he seeks the solitude of a tiny Irish island that he bought for 1700 pounds in 1968.

The best books for the foodie on your Christmas list.

The summer holidays are for swimming and playing in the sun but parents should add another activity to their kids' agenda - reading.

Parents, we report, are being urged to read to their kids over the holidays, or ensure they keep reading, to maintain their mental development.

Bad sex. Isn't it enough to have had it without having to read it as well?

Andrew Miller tells Tim Martin about the 'terrifying' rut he fell into after winning the Costa Book of the Year.

It's not every day you see people running around a field with a broomstick between their legs.

With the copyright due to expire at the end of this month, the long-banned Nazi bible will soon be revived.

It sounds incredible now that it took so long, but it was well received and won the Best First Book award.

Marvel comics is about to obliterate everything you've come to know about The Hulk.