Thanks, Ricki Hall

from the Express and Star World Book Day: What are the stars reading? Ricki Hall recommended James Frey’s novel From a biography of a Second World War hero to a literary thriller about a man born out of wedlock to a feminist leader – the favourite reads of Black...

Umberto Eco Gone

from NPR Italian Author And Philosopher Umberto Eco Dead At 84 by MERRIT KENNEDY Ulf Andersen/Getty Images Internationally acclaimed Italian author and philosopher Umberto Eco has died at age 84. His death was confirmed by his American publisher Houghton Mifflin...

Harper Lee Gone

from The Washington Post Harper Lee, elusive author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ is dead By Emily Langer Harper Lee at the White House in 2007. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view,”...

Once Upon A Long, Long Time Ago….

from BBC News Fairy tale origins thousands of years old, researchers say Researchers found Beauty and the Beast was about 4,000 years old / PA Fairy tales like Beauty and the Beast can be traced back thousands of years, according to researchers at universities in...