- Scottish poet Edwin Morgan dies at 90
- Poet and translator Edwin Morgan, who was named Scotland's first national poet — the Scots Makar — in 2004, has died at the age of 90.
- Vonnegut legacy to be preserved in library
- Three years after his death, pieces of Kurt Vonnegut's life are coming together in his hometown in a new library that will also be a museum devoted to his legacy.
- U.K. literary critic Frank Kermode dies
- British literary critic Frank Kermode, who was instrumental in creating the London Review of Books, has died at age 90.
- Betty White gets book deal
- Betty White, the octogenarian actor who has reignited her career with appearances on Saturday Night Live and a starring role in Hot in Cleveland, is to become an author.
- Blair pledges memoir profits to injured veterans
- Former British prime minister Tony Blair plans to donate the profits from his memoir to the Royal British Legion to help injured servicemen.
- Czech poet Ludvik Kundera dies
- Czech public television and radio in Prague say Ludvik Kundera, a poet and translator of German literature, has died. He was 90.
- Emma Thompson to pen Peter Rabbit tale
- Peter Rabbit, the mischievous bunny created by beloved children's writer Beatrix Potter, will live again in a new children's story to be penned by actor Emma Thompson.
- Probert autobiography to be published
- The family of Bob Probert has decided to publish the memoir the longtime NHL enforcer was working on prior to his death.
- Algerian novelist Tahar Wattar dies at 74
- Tahar Wattar, one of Algeria's leading Arab-language writers, who used his novels to explore his nation's struggle for independence from France and its post-colonial history, has died, a friend and the official APS news agency said. He was 74.
- Lonely world credited for YouTube hit
- A poet from P.E.I. now living in Halifax has scored a surprise hit on YouTube with her video How to be Alone.
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