Ben East

The real family films are those like ET and The Wizard of Oz, which appeal to adults as well as children.

Posthumous album releases might work for beloved deceased musicians, but the trick is to know when enough is enough.

The Chose Your Own Adventure books are revamped digitally for the 21st century.

Ben East visits an exhibition of forgeries and hoaxes in London and ponders the distinction between art and the artist.

A new toy on the web lets you find out which author your writing style most resembles - allegedly.

Bands have a dilemma: balancing the desire to play new material at concerts against audience expectations of their greatest hits.

Authors and publishers are waking up to the possibilities of including extras in electronic publishing.

Musical rivalries are woven into the very fabric of pop. Without them, there would only be boring bands playing tediously safe music.

Amid claims that the Great American Novel is dead there are signs that US writers are simply adapting to a changing world.

The phenomenon of pop-up, secret theatre is taking the world by storm and London is very much the vanguard of this trend.

But for the intervention of Mark David Chapman in New York on that fateful day in 1980, John Lennon may well have been celebrating his 70th birthday in October.

As the literary world moves online good cover design has never been more important.