American writer Lydia Davis has won the fifth Man Booker International Prize, worth £60,000.

Davis beat nine other authors including fellow American author Marilynne Robinson and China's Yan Lianke.

The presentation of the prize, which is awarded every two years to a living author for a body of work, was made at the...

Sainsbury's and Amazon have joined the list of the partners for this year's Fiction Uncovered, which already includes Foyles, Kobo and Nudge.

Fiction Uncovered, now in its third year, promotes eight living British writers of any age who have already published at least one novel or short story collection. This year's list...

Historical fiction authors Ben Kane, Anthony Riches and Russell Whitfield are walking the length of Hadrian's Wall in full Roman dress to raise money for charity.

The three authors, who all write about the Roman period, began on Sunday (28th April) and should complete the walk by 5th May. They are raising money for Combat Stress...

Hot Key Books has signed Finnish author Salla Simukka's Snow White Trilogy, bringing the sales total up to 15 territories.

Publisher Emily Thomas signed UK rights to the trilogy from Elina Ahlbäck at Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency.

Thomas said: "Discovering these fantastically crafted novels by the very...