Shakespeare`s `Globe` gets its first female playwright

Shakespeare`s `Globe` gets its first female playwright

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 19:55

Nell Leyshon has become the first female playwright to get commissioned by Shakespeare`s Globe theatre to write a drama.

John Mayer`s biggest dream is to write pornography

John Mayer`s biggest dream is to write pornography

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 14:51

American musician John Mayer, famed for his wild sex life, was approached to write and produce a raunchy film after he said it was his dream.

Don Quixote opens carnival parades in Rio

Don Quixote opens carnival parades in Rio

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 13:56

The world of Don Quixote was recreated in Rio de Janeiro`s Sambadrome by the Uni?da Ilha samba school, which opened the parades with representations of Miguel de Cervantes` masterpiece.

Doyle harks back to IRA days in new book

Doyle harks back to IRA days in new book

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 13:47

Acclaimed Irish novelist and Booker prize winner Roddy Doyle is going back to the heydays of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in his new book.

Jordan to reveal about Alex in autobiography

Jordan to reveal about Alex in autobiography

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 13:43

Katie Price aka Jordan is set to spill the beans about her romance with Alex Reid in her fourth autobiography. The book will detail the truth behind her split with ex-husband Peter Andre and her whirlwind relationship with Alex.

Bob Dylan`s song turned into children`s book

Bob Dylan`s song turned into children`s book

Last Updated: Friday, February 5, 2010, 18:37

Veteran singer Bob Dylan`s famous track ‘Man Gave Names To All The Animals’ has been converted into a children’s book.

Sanchez wins Spain`s oldest literature prize

Sanchez wins Spain`s oldest literature prize

Last Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 14:28

Author and newspaper columnist Clara Sanchez, 54, has been awarded the Nadal Prize, Spain`s oldest literature award, media reported Wednesday.

Self takes a walk in `Psycho Too`

Self takes a walk in `Psycho Too`

Last Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 14:23

‘Psycho Too’ begins with a mini-epic journey from the home of writer JG Ballard in England to a sinking archipelago of sand called ‘The World’ off the coast of Dubai.

Colm Toibin fav to win UK`s Costa book award

Colm Toibin fav to win UK`s Costa book award

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 13:55

Irish author Colm Toibin is favourite to win the 30,000-pound Costa Book of the Year award after Monday clinching the best novel category for his work "Brooklyn," observers said.

Moyez Vassanji wins literary award

Moyez Vassanji wins literary award

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 13:30

A Canadian author of Indian heritage has won the prestigious Governor General`s Literary Award. Moyez Gulamhussein Vassanji’s book “A Place Within: Rediscovering India” bagged him the Award in non-fiction category, which includes USD 25,000 prize.

Was William Shakespeare a Catholic?

Was William Shakespeare a Catholic?

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 12:42

Three cryptic signatures on a leather-bound parchment might prove the theory that William Shakespeare was a secret Catholic who spent his “lost years” in Italy.

`The Lost Symbol` is top Christmas book

`The Lost Symbol` is top Christmas book

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 12:39

Dan Brown`s latest book The Lost Symbol has bagged the top spot in the Christmas book charts.