Books

Sherlock Holmes, Bridget Jones and James Bond inspire London benches

Jeremy Paxman’s life in books

15 life lessons learned from Joey Essex's autobiography Being Reem

Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend dies

Moriarty to return in new Sherlock Holmes novel

William Boyd and PD James on bringing Bond to life and adopting Mr Darcy

Doctor Who writer Neil Gaiman wins 2013 Book of the Year award

PD James: Why I wrote a murderous sequel to Pride and Prejudice

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is still the nation's favourite children's book

Wilbur Smith: I saw all the movies of my books but I didn't like them

Bridget Jones's latest diary contains a shock for fans

James Bond and the characters who've been bought back to life by new authors

Should Bond Girls be called Bond Women?

What the critics are saying about Stephen King's sequel to The Shining

Richard and Judy on waving goodbye to television and the terrifying prospect of publishing novels

Irish Poet Seamus Heaney dies aged 74

Best books to read before the film is released

JK Rowling’s pseudonym leak: the mystery is solved

JK Rowling unmasked as The Cuckoo’s Calling author: the Twitter reaction

Beatles song Octopus's Garden to be published as children's book

Sales of George Orwell's 1984 soar following PRISM US privacy revelations

Why Elizabeth II's 1953 Coronation is the day that changed television

500 Words: Richard Hammond on why children's writing is so powerful

500 Words: Jacqueline Wilson offers her advice to young authors

500 Words: Chris Evans - we have to make written stories better than TV and computer games

500 Words: Malorie Blackman - children are more honest in their writing than adults

Young authors inspired by James Bond and Cinderella – not Justin Bieber

New Bridget Jones novel title and excerpt released – and she’s on Twitter!

JK Rowling's annotated copy of Harry Potter goes up for auction

Hilary Mantel and Zadie Smith nominated for Women's Prize For Fiction