Dan Brown’s Inferno heats up book sales
Latest from Da Vinci Code author shifts a quarter of a million paper copies in first week on sale
Which five authors are in running for the 2013 Nobel prize?
A tweet from the Swedish Academy has unleashed a flood of speculation about the five writers they are considering – could it be Don Delillo’s year, or perhaps it’s Murakami’s turn
How we made: Richard Branson and Mike Oldfield on Tubular Bells
Virgin Records founder Richard Branson and composer Mike Oldfield recall how a leftfield offering by a bedroom genius kickstarted the Virgin empire
How do you organise your books?
Tate Britain has rearranged its paintings in chronological order – can that teach those of us with chaotic bookshelves anything?
Inferno by Dan Brown
Infernal prose flows again from the bat-thronged belfry of Dan Brown’s demented brain
JD Salinger’s secret life exposed in new documentary
Film promising revelations about reclusive Catcher in the Rye author has been snapped up by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein
One tax law for us and another for Amazon
Britain’s reluctance to pursue multinationals risks turning us into another Italy
Indie booksellers call for action on Amazon’s tax avoidance
Independent retailers angry at lack of government intervention on web retailer’s tax payments
How do you write about life when it’s lived on computers?
Fiction writers face a challenge in depicting the ubiquitous 21st-century experience of virtual existence
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Trailer
Marvel hat den ersten Trailer der neuen TV-Serie “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” veröffentlicht: In Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. können wir ein kleines, perfekt trainiertes …
The Albion Beatnik bookshop: A viral success worth catching
A high-street indie drawing 81,000 web visits in a day might seem surprising – but there are many reasons why it should
Dan Brown’s Inferno: A secret I had to hide from all prying eyes
A first look at the new book, a Dante-themed novel, reveals a tasty cocktail of high culture and low thrills
The digital world is changing the value of media content
Free of shelf-space limitations, the web’s ability to make ‘golden oldies’ accessible to everyone forever will force us to reassess the importance of ‘newness’
The Great Gatsby never makes a great movie
There have been plenty of failed F Scott Fitzgerald adaptations already. Besides, who needs films based on 20s literature when their themes resonate through so much film and TV anyway?
Lionel Shriver: ‘If you’re thin, you are a kook; if you’re fat, you’re a failure’
The rise of Lena Dunham, Adele and Christina Hendricks might challenge the tyranny of thin, but our obsession with body size is still out of control, argues Lionel Shriver
Big Brother by Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver’s obesity tale is really about love, loss and family – and it may be her best book yet
