The Independent's John Walsh speaks with the author of In Praise of Older Women as his erotic coming-of-age novel joins the ranks of Penguin Classics.

You wouldn't expect a parenting guide to include explicit graphic descriptions of a hardcore porn slide show, exhibited by Scandinavian psychiatrists at a Wisconsin conference on treating sex offenders.

My parents were ... eccentric. My mum's not shy in speaking her mind. My old man prefers an easy life - like me.

Paula Green reviews four new collections of poems

Temper tantrums, answering back, deliberately annoying ... it could be that your child's not just naughty, but has oppositional defiant disorder.

A newly revealed collection of love letters shows another side of former US President John F Kennedy.

Writer and former jockey Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89.

Terry Pratchett's alternate world as seen in the latest National Theatre film offering has a Kiwi tang.

Director Chris Columbus, responsible for the first two Harry Potter films, returns to the world of teenage fantasy adventures.

This collection of essays came together by chance.

Giving up smoking is one of the easiest things a person can do.

Damien Wilkins' previous novel, The Fainter, was the work of a writer committed to refreshing the page not for the sake of revolution.

The worlds of climate change and steamy sex collide ... and a classic is born.