Popular Osamu Tezuka character promotes travel safety in new online campaign

In the New Statesman Andrew Hussey writes Vive le punk ! as he 'discovers the rebellious soul of the French literary establishment'.

The Korea Times has announced the 38th Korean Literature Translation Award Winners, with Mun Hyung-ryul's Bicyling Over the Ocean, translated by John Hak-sung Cha the Grand Prize winner in the fiction category.

In The Korea Times Chung Ah-young reports that Top Ten Korean Modern Poets Selected.

In The Korea Times Sa Eun-young writes about Introducing Bestseller Concept in Vietnam.

The November Open Letters is up, with Sam Sacks' review of Fire in the Blood by Irene Nemirovsky, as well as our favourite feature, their 'Peer Review', where this month ... Sam Sacks looks at the critical reactions to Philip

The most recent addition to the complete review is our review of Yan Lianke's Serve the People !

Another country finds it doesn't measure up: Malta Today reports that Maltese shun books for cinema, EU stats show.

In Nobel cause in Al-Ahram Weekly Nahed Nassr takes the awarding of the Nobel Prize to Doris Lessing as an occasion to ask 'the local literati about the position of Arabic literature in the world today'.

The Poetry Book Society has announced the shortlist for the T.S.Eliot Prize 2007.

Amos Oz picked up his Prince of Asturias Award a couple of days ago, and The Los Angeles Times prints Literature's antidote to hate, adapted from the acceptance speech he gave.

Allan Massie reviews Tapping Hitler's Generals ed by Sonke Neitzel, tr by Geoffrey Brooks and Albert Speer: Conversations with Hitler's Architect by Joachim Fest

Dominic Sandbrook reviews Borrowed Time: the Story of Britain between the Wars by Roy Hattersley

James Delingpole reviews House to House: an Epic of Urban Warfare by David Bellavia

Alastair Sooke reviews The Rebels by Sándor Márai, tr by George Szirtes

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: KORN frontman Jonathan Davis is planning a CD/DVD of his upcoming solo tour — and will make it available in time for the start of the outing.

MADBALL's video for the song "Infiltrate the System" can be viewed below courtesy of Headbanger's Blog.

PR-inside.com) MICHELLE PFEIFFER is set to return to the GREASE franchise by playing Rydell High's sassy headmistress in a remake of the blockbuster 1978 musical.The actress has revealed she has been approached to appear in the new film, and she's

The PlayStation Store has been updated for North America, bringing with it a post-Halloween candy bag stuffed with goodies. EA puts a damper on the delicious downloadable fun with a few Mallow Cups with razorblades stuffed inside, so make sure

Well what do you know? A video game inspired short-film contest actually spawns something wroth watching? Back in June, Ubisoft and IFC announced just such a contest, challenging independent filmmakers to create a short film inspired by the video game