Critics favourite Hilary Mantel is expected to pick up another prize tonight for her best-seller, 'Bring Up The Bodies', at the Costa Book Awards. ...

Fancy waking up to find a parcel crammed full of 20 of the best books from the past year delivered to your front door? Then you're in luck. We've t...

February saw the arrival of the first London Super Comic Convention. An enormous hall at the ExCel in Docklands was filled by fans, cosplayers, stalls, comic creators and something like a god. Amongst the mortals, the mighty Stan Lee walked, smiled, posed for photos, bringing joy and goodwill to all.

Bad sex, cannabis and photographic evidence from Kate Middleton - plus even more from this week in Culture. ...

Hilary Mantel could be about to add a Costa Book Award to whichever shelf she keeps her Booker Prize on. The shortlist, announced on Tuesday, sees ...

"Form is temporary. Class is permanent." This phrase, heard most often in my life in a cricketing context, came to mind today as I was helping to judge the BMS Seasonal Book Marketing Awards (a much more modest event than yesterday's Costa Book Awards, won by Andrew Miller's novel Pure).

At first, the two worlds couldn’t seem further apart. On one hand - literary award ceremonies, those buttoned-up affairs where hushed academics p...