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Authors are planning to “burn” their literary works in protest at the two-year jail sentence handed to author Ahmed Naji…

Writer Alaa al-Deeb passed away in Maadi Military Hospital on Thursday evening at the age of 77. The funeral will be…

New research out of the UK has found yet another benefit of picking up a good book, with avid readers…

The 2016 Cairo International Book Fair is set to begin on January 27 and run until February 10 under the…

A love story between an Israeli Jew and a Palestinian Muslim has become an unlikely bestseller, after Israel's education ministry…

Harper Lee's second novel "Go Set a Watchman" topped the US bestseller list in 2015, selling 1.6 million copies more…

Writer Soad Suleiman, who won the Juan Carlos Spanish award for short stories, said the prize was a surprise to…

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling on Monday praised the casting of a black actress to play the wizard's sidekick Hermione…

Three projects based on William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy are currently in the works in Hollywood. In addition to an ABC…

Bookseller Barnes & Noble has released its picks for the top books of 2015, in categories that include the best…