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Author Iain Banks dies months after revealing cancer battle

The author of books including the Wasp Factory had announced in April that he had advanced cancer.

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Column: Why did JK Rowling feel the need to use a pseudonym?

It’s been revealed that the Harry Potter creator used a male pseudonym and is in fact the author of a new mystery crime novel – but Michelle Jackson writes that it is sad Rowling had to do that to...

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Why on earth would a Muslim be writing about Jesus?

One Fox News anchor couldn’t seem to get her head around it.

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15 Shades of Gay... a look back at Uncle Gaybo through the years

There’s more to him than just The Late Late Show you know…

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Alice Munro declines Nobel awards invite due to poor health

The winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature is due to pick up a prize of US $1.2 million.

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J.K. Rowling to produce Harry Potter play in London's West End

It’ll tell the story of Harry’s life before Hogwarts. Coooool.

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This short Twitter story by R.L. Stine will give you Goosebumps all over again

The spooky tale by the childen’s horror author will take you right back.

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Cuba makes Hemingway bills, letters and recipes available to USA

The Nobel Prize-winning author spent more than two decades living in Cuba.

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US writer Peter Matthiessen dies aged 86

The author, who had been diagnosed with leukaemia, had been ill for a number of months.

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What if Game of Thrones author George RR Martin planned YOUR wedding?

There are no spoilers in here. None.

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We studied Maya Angelou's writing in school - here's what she taught us

The author passed away today at the age of 86.

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The first Irish memoir written using eye-gaze technology has been published

The author, Simon Fitzmaurice, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2008.

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7 important life lessons we learned from Maurice Sendak

The author of Where the Wild Things Are would have been 83 today.

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Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

Everyone’s talking about the cancelled Garth Brooks gigs, Enda in Germany and the price of cigarettes….

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Heirs of Sherlock Holmes author had their petition refused by US Supreme...

A court ruling stands that some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories are no longer in copyright.

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JK Rowling continues her reign as queen of Twitter with this excellent...

Um, why is she not our best friend yet?

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One day I was broke... then I got a call that changed everything

Colm Keegan is the new writer-in-residence at DLR Lexicon library in Dun Laoghaire.

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Terry Pratchett fans have begun to petition Death himself

It’s what he would have wanted.

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Roddy Doyle's latest project was launched in the most fitting way

His Barrytown Trilogy will be part of a book initiative in Dublin next month.

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Harper Lee's long-lost novel has arrived - here's what we think of the first...

There’s an exclusive extract on line today.

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