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The presenter told the BBC's One Show: "It's the worst thing that's ever happened to me"

Early beneficiaries of our National Health Service recall their marvel at modern medicine - and how Britain was saved from health poverty by the revolutionary concept

From tales of ‘hissing’ oilmen to ‘crying’ trees, novels about petroleum and its devastating effect on communities and the environment are powerful fiction for our times – with the potential for prophecy

After self-publishing, a Liverpool writer lands a traditional deal with a top publisher

The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to celebrate the ‘Nandi Natakotsavalu’ (theatre awards) starting this year and present awards in five categories —Padya Natakalu, Social Plays, Social Playlets, Children Playlets and College or Youth Playlets. Addressing the media at the Publicity Cell of the Secretariat on July 4 (Tuesday), Andhra…

Paulina Chiziane, the first woman to publish a novel in Mozambique, has become the first African woman to receive the most important award for Portuguese literature, the Camões Prize. She’s also the first to break all the rules about what a writer may reveal about Mozambique’s patriarchal culture and social…

He’s seen as one of the quintessential writers of male experience, but as a new book explores, his resonance with female listeners is just as complex

Written by S Hussain Zaid, Lucky Bisht’s story in the book ‘R.A.W Hitman: The real story of Agent Lima’ is due for release on July 6 in India’

The award-winning author was arrested and tortured for his work – and then tortured again for writing about his detention. Now he smuggles his latest banned book into Uganda to ensure it is read