Harper Lee: Publicity-shy author of the classic American novel of racial injustice
Harper Lee: April 28th, 1926 – February 19th, 2016
Harper Lee: April 28th, 1926 – February 19th, 2016
Author Harper Lee’s death is sad but her first novel has life lessons for us all
‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ author was a feisty storyteller with a powerful message
Mockingbird author ‘appeared’ in Truman Capote novels
Apple’s Tim Cook quotes author: ‘The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience’
DRA has fulfilled positive role in settling GAA disputes but decision to lift ban causes concern
Publisher Harper Collins now has a north American print run for book of over 3.3m
Easons and Amazon report printing problems with some Harper Lee books
The convoluted history of Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman
‘The publishers are offering a rejected version of a loved novel as a sequel’
Yet another strange twist in tale of how ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ sequel came to light
The singer’s silence amplifies the mystery behind the song that made her a star, now the subject of a book of the same name, writes Karl Whitney
Racist Chelsea fans, Ukip, the shooting of Michael Brown . . . the stage adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird is not intended as a museum piece about 1930s Alabama
State investigation into allegations of 88-year-old being manipulated is closed
Decision to publish rediscovered novel by the author divides opinion in her home town
Author said to be upset about reports of being duped and having to defend her decision about sequel
Lee makes it obvious it is not Robinson on trial, but the racism of the American South
‘New’ novel preceded Lee’s classic but was not published at the time
Book will feature many of the original characters and be called ‘Go Set A Watchman’
Tackling racial inequality in the criminal justice system has seen Bryan Stevenson praised as a ‘young Mandela’
Website contains links to recordings of quotations spoken by authors including JFK and WB Yeats
The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction last week announced a list of the top 20 most influential books written by women. We continue our series on female authors, looking at the books as voted for by the public.
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices