The ability to speak more than one language informs many writers of fiction, but analysis of Booker Prize shortlists suggests this is not so important any more.
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Whether you loved him or hated him, his canonical status is beyond question.
The great thinker left thousands of comments in the margins of his personal library. Now these are being digitised and catalogued.
Once dismissed as a mere 'love story', Daphne du Maurier's masterpiece has transfixed generations of readers.
New forms of fiction and non-fiction writing told the stories of the plight of everyday working women at the hands of abusers.
The tragic story of a lonely, bullied boy who befriends a kestrel was an instant hit in the 1960s.
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote letters to his children from Father Christmas every year for 23 years. And they're filled with elves, goblins and playful polar bears.
There's no shortage of problems facing humanity. Science's role in how to tackle them has long been debated – including memorably by two of the 20th century's greatest literary figures.
The Times columnist's self-serving critique of one of the greats of English literature says more about his ignorance than anything else.
Boris Johnson and Michael Gove may not be the stuff of Orwell's dystopian nightmare, but they clearly know how to talk in 'doublespeak'.
Autumn is the first novel to tackle the UK’s impending departure from the EU.
A new film brings to life the murky underbelly of Victorian London.
Two women writers died in July 1817. One was Jane Austen. The other was much more famous.
The revered novel's enigmatic, modern heroine captivates and beguiles in a new blockbuster film adaptation.
James Patterson – one of the world's bestselling authors – may not principally be a writer.
Most other African countries have a less fractious or problematic relationship to Shakespeare than South Africa does.
He was pigeonholed as a 'crime writer' but Dexter's intelligent style set him above the genre.
Grotesques, prattlers, hysterical women ... historically, spinsters have had a raw deal in fiction. But astonishingly, the situation for older single ladies in contemporary novels has scarcely improved.
This year is the bicentenary of Jane Austen's death and her celebrity continues to grow. But relegating Austen's work to plots about 'whether the heroine gets her man' belittles her achievement.
For the first time since 1911, students in NSW can now complete Year 12 without having read a novel or poetry.
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Senior Lecturer in English, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Lecturer in English Literature, University of Oxford
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Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Miami
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Professor in English Literature, University of Liverpool
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Associate Professor Media, Writing and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Professor of the History of Linguistics, University of Sheffield
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Director, Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer of English Literature, Lancaster University
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Professor of Print and Digital Cultures, Cardiff University
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Lecturer of English, University of Liverpool
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Professor of English, University of Warwick
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Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Nottingham
