New-age fare at comics convention

Last Updated: Monday, February 21, 2011, 10:11

Comics on iPads to reach out to the widest possible audience.

New Kama Sutra book delights UK readers

Last Updated: Sunday, February 20, 2011, 17:48

A new translation of the Kama Sutra has been hailed in the British press.

Ex-aide attacks Sarah Palin in new book

Last Updated: Sunday, February 20, 2011, 15:03

Bailey has attacked Palin in a controversial book of which extracts have been published.

Enjoy some tea ‘And Furthermore’ with Dench

Last Updated: Sunday, February 20, 2011, 10:45

Reading Judi Dench`s autobiography, ‘And Furthermore,’ feels like having tea a second time with a charming companion. She seems more at ease now, funny and engaging, and comfortable enough to chatter away.

Tatum O`Neal releasing second memoir

Last Updated: Saturday, February 19, 2011, 09:37

The Academy Award-winning actress has a second memoir, ‘Found,’ scheduled to come out in June. The book, published by HarperCollins, is a follow-up to ‘A Paper Life,’ which was released in 2004.

‘Old Romantic’ is sentimental and honest

Last Updated: Friday, February 18, 2011, 12:57

It`s easy to imagine American readers being scared off by the all-saturating Englishness of Louise Dean`s novel ‘The Old Romantic,’ published last year in the UK and this month in America.

‘Instruments of Darkness’ is suspenseful

Last Updated: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 12:40

In early June 1780, London was ravaged by anti-Catholic rioting, fuelled by anti-Catholic sentiment sparked by a recent act of Parliament that eliminated previously imposed penalties and restrictions on the British Catholic population.

‘Pleasure Bound’ is smartly written

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 18:16

Deborah Lutz`s study follows two main ideas: First, that most of the 19th century`s overtly sexual material, whether in visual or prose form, came from these groups; second, that the willingness of these men to push the limits of social propriety and study, almost empirically, what was considered then sexually deviant, is at the heart of their creativity.