The suspension of the UK's second oldest literary award due to lack of funding has been met with dismay by authors from William Boyd to Margaret Drabb...
In Sunday’s Week in Review, I wrote about the death of the old-school literary feud now that Paul Theroux has shaken hands with V.S. Naipaul, Rick M...
I’m still asked surprisingly often about “Scent of a Woman’s Ink,” which Harper’s Magazine published more than a decade ago — an essay in ...
Former publisher rubbished by Naipaul for writing 'feminine tosh' says she is not taking his criticism seriously. ...
In an interview at the Royal Geographic Society this week, during which VS Naipaul provoked fury by suggesting that women writers are 'sentimental' an...
VS Naipaul, no stranger to literary spats and rows, has done it again. This time, the winner of the Nobel prize for literature has lashed out at femal...
Well, it was fun while it lasted. After 15 years, novelists Paul Theroux and VS Naipaul have finally ended their bookish bust-up, with a little help f...
From Zoe Triska, Huffington Post: This blog catalogs famous writers with the pet kittens and cats. Too cute!...
It's time for another installment of Reading In Public! When someone takes a book into a public place, it's a big commitment. We have lots of things ...
