When I first came across Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way, I loved her morning pages but was stymied by Artist Dates. Cameron recommends we stuck creative artists spend an hour a week out and alone somewhere new, exploring a museum

The Guardian Media Group (GMG) is considering closing The Observer, the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, as part of a cost-cutting drive triggered by a drastic plunge in the group's finances.

Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. will lay off 65 employees in the wake of a deal signed earlier this month to purchase information technology services from global outsourcing firm Cognizant Technology Solutions. Cognizant is based in Teaneck, N.J.,

The glamour model better known as Jordan had to abandon the public appearance when a chunk of her tooth was pulled out by chewing gum.

Steven Pleshette Murphy will step down as CEO of Rodale September 1 and be succeeded by Maria Rodale, granddaughter of the company founder and daughter of Robert and Ardath Rodale who both led the publisher at different points. Maria Rodale

Briton Hilary Mantel has been declared the favourite to win the Man Booker Prize for Fiction after 95 per cent of all bets were on her novel alone, bookmakers said.

Merlin Digital, a Dubai-based Digital Lifestyle Technology products company, has launched a six-inch ebook reader, the slimmest e-book device in the market

The Government is reassessing its credit insurance top-up scheme as it emerged only a handful of businesses have taken up the scheme.

Scottish Book Trust (SBT) is to appoint a Virtual Writer in Residence who will use the internet to get adolescents hooked on reading and writing.