Lodge was twice nominated for the Booker Prize in the 1980s for comic novels Small World and Nice Work.

Call the Midwife creator Heidi Thomas on how fans accost her in public to tell her their private stories.

Sven Stears wins second place in the European Championships of Slam Poetry, held in Slovakia.

Jon Harvey hopes Disney might adapt his children's story into a film or TV series.

Ronald Blyth wished for his estate to become a nature reserve and a writer's studio, says a trust.

Child author Jayce from Birmingham is set to be recognised for his work to inspire other children.

Axel Scheffler designed the card for Dorset-based The Handwritten Letter Society to mark World Postcard Day.

Author Glen James Brown has written Mother Naked based on an entry in an old cathedral record.