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The Orange Prize for Fiction
The all-female line-up for the prize is reviewed by The Times' Literary Editor Eric Wagner
Remembering Bruce Chatwin
Life and work of English novelist and travel writer Bruce Chatwin
A First Novel takes top Literary Prize
English author Andrew Miller has won a $150,000 literary prize with his first novel
Applause for Asian films at Cannes Festival
This might be the "best year ever" for Asian films at the Cannes Film Festival
Salman Rushdie – Shaking up Myth and Time
Salman Rushdie talks about his new novel, The Ground Beneath Her Feet
A History of the Superhero
Exploring the history and popularity of comics, focusing on Batman and Superman
Nelson Mandela – a new Biography
New biography of Nelson Mandela by Anthony Sampson
Sweden wins the Eurovision Song Contest – again
Charlotte Nilsson wins the Eurovision song contest for Sweden
Hillary's View from the Summit
Sir Edmund Hillary on how you follow the conquest of Mt Everest?
Celebrating Alexander Pushkin's 200th Birthday
Celebrating the bicentenary of Alexander Pushkin, romantic Russian poet and novelist
Is there enough Chemistry in 'Instinct'?
Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding Jr star in John Turteltaub's new film, Instinct
What are Russians reading now?
Why Russian literature is in a state of flux – and how reading habits have changed
Hannibal Lecter is on the loose again
Hannibal is the third in by Thomas Harris's series about the cannibal psychopath
Amos Oz on the Art of Beginning
Amos Oz talks about his intriguing new book of literary criticism, The Story Begins
Ralph Ellison, Visible Man
Life and work of writer Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man about black American life
Protest to protect local Films in South Korea
South Korean film-makers protest at American pressure to phase out the quota system
Welcome to the Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale opens with Bhuddist drumming, video wanderings and white mist…
Disruptive Forces at work in Society
Sex and technology are the forces propelling The Great Disruption by Francis Fukuyama
Holocaust Memorial planned for Berlin
The German parliament has approved the building of a Holocaust memorial in Berlin
Doris Lessing – On Siblings and Stories
Doris Lessing talks about her latest novel, and about the experiences that fed into it
Exit Mario Puzo, Mafia novel don
Tribute to Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, who has died aged 78
Her Phantom Husband is a Bestseller
Marie Darrieussecq talks about her second bestseller, My Phantom Husband,
Barbara Taylor Bradford – More than Romance
Bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford talks about her novel, A Sudden Change of Heart
Eyes Wide Shut – Kidman and Cruise thrill for Kubrick
At last, what Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were up to in Stanley Kubrick's last film
Ernest Hemingway – Centenary
In the centenary year of his birth, the life and work of American writer Ernest Hemingway
J. M. Coetzee's latest novel of post-Apartheid Life
How Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee addresses sex and politics in post-Apartheid South Africa
Verdi floats on success at Bregenz Festival
Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera takes place on a fantastical floating stage
Swimming through Life like a Fish
Ruri Pilgrim's characters swim through life in her novel Fish of the Seto Inland Sea
Howard Arkley, painter of Australian Suburbia
The suburban visions of Australian painter Howard Arkley, who has died aged 48
Hitchcock: A Love Affair with Cinema
Meet the master of suspense, British film director Alfred Hitchcock,