A new book has revealed rare historical gems buried in New Zealand's national archives, including a bizarre WWII plan to create a “tsunami bomb” and military files detailing supposed UFO sightings.

A French weekly known for publishing cartoons of the prophet Muhammad to the ire of conservative Muslims said Sunday it plans to release a comic book biography of Islam's founder that will be researched and educational.

Stephen King loves scaring people, but one student at University of Massachusetts Lowell tried to find out Friday what scares him.

Novelist Philip Roth's decision to lay down his pen despite seemingly good health and his formerly unstoppable production at the age of 79, has stunned U.S. literary circles.

Pope Benedict XVI completed his trilogy on the life of Jesus Christ with a new book on Jesus' birth, insisting on its significance for Christians today and lamenting that God is still considered by many an obstacle to their freedom.

Russian writer Boris Strugatsky, famous for co-authoring Soviet-era science-fiction novels critical of the authorities with his late brother Arkady, passed away on Monday at 79, his foundation said.

Books have become cheaper for cash-strapped but education-hungry Zimbabweans, yet publishers and writers are seeing their earnings evaporate due to burgeoning book piracy.

The accident-prone British 30-something Bridget Jones is to return in a third novel next year, her creator Helen Fielding announced on Friday.

Exit, Philip Roth? Having conceived everything from turning into a breast to a polio epidemic in his native New Jersey, Roth has apparently given his imagination a rest.

Veteran Israeli writer Avraham B. Yehoshua has been awarded France's Medicis literature prize for a translated work with his novel “The Retrospective.”