A survivor of the shipwreck that inspired the novel Moby Dick had a theory about how a sperm whale could destroy a vessel many times its size – 200 years later, he's been proved right.
Several first editions were bought by the 2nd Marquess of Bath during the author's lifetime.
A range of local, national and international authors head to Wigtown for its annual literary celebration.
Louise Kennedy, the author of Trespasses, says everyone "should give anything they fancy a lash".
Canadian-Haitian writer Thélyson Orélien has just been awarded the Prix du Roman Fnac for his first novel.
The late singer's Imagination Library posts children a free book every month until they turn five.
Past Booker winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart are among the nominees for this year's award.
An original US edition of To Kill a Mockingbird is found in an Oxfam store in west London.
In 1968, the BBC broadcast extracts from JRR Tolkien's last ever recorded interview, 31 years after The Hobbit was published. In 2019, the full video was unearthed from the archive.
