The UK Government will produce 'model contracts' to be used in copyright dealings in an attempt to make copyright law more useful and understandable. It will also standardise the way copyright exceptions to copyright law are dealt with in contracts.

The stakes are high. On one side are the internet pirates who are offering digital copies of the latest bestsellers such as Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol for free. On the other are the authors and publishers who are determined

Are you sitting comfortably? Then let's begin. Britain is to have its first laureate for storytelling. Taffy Thomas has been waxing lyrical, spinning yarns, telling tall tales and holding children and adults spellbound with his repertoire of 300 stories culled

US publishing giant Scholastic has insisted that it "does not censor books" in the wake of a fierce row over US children's author Lauren Myracle, who was asked to rewrite her latest book Luv Ya Bunches to remove "offensive" language

The IMPAC longlist, announced November 2nd, is the most exciting in the â ¬100,000 award's history

An award-winning playwright who has written some of television's most popular dramas was sent on a course by the BBC to understand how to portray "goodies" and "baddies"

Author Yann Martel is to follow his Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi with another story focusing on animals.

Chinese poet Li Shizheng, who writes under the pen-name Duo Duo (which is even prettier in Chinese: ), has been named the winner of the estimable Neustadt International Prize for Literature for 2010

Norway's Consumer Council reckons the Kindle breaches Norwegian law, and will have to change radically before any local launch.