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Author of the million selling novel 'A Brief History of Time' and Physicist Stephen Hawking and his daughter Lucy Hawking are writing a science book for children, which will be 'a bit like Harry Potter' but without magic. The middle grade novel..

Following the examples of Bob Dylan Chronicles: Vol.1, other musicians are also turning up to write books. From Eric Clapton to Tom Petty, most of the iconic musicians are turning to the serious business of book writing. So, this year get ready to groove.

Nigerian author Chinua Achebe called as the father of modern African literature was crowned £60,000 ($NZ158, 000) Man Booker International Prize. The prestigious International Man Booker award is granted every two years to a living author for th

The Britain's Orange Prize for fiction by women was won by Nigeria's Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie . With this she has become the first African to take the award in its history of 12-year. Adichie is also the youngest author to have won the prize. She is...

John Grisham, the author of classics such as The Firm and The Client is going to Italy, and plans to set his next courtroom thriller there. The book is named Playing for Pizza and revolves around the story of an American trying his luck in Italy. The...

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner has made its place at number one on the USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list. The kite runner still scores as the international best seller and as a book club favorite. The...