British author Doris Lessing has won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature. Ms. Lessing, who is only the 11th woman to win literature's most prestigious prize in its 106-year history, is best known for her 1962 postmodern feminist masterpiece, The Golden Notebook. To read more about this fascinating, interesting and talented author, click here.

The Man Booker Award was announced yesterday with Anne Enright, author of The Gathering, winning this year's prize. The Man Booker is awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of either the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland. Enright, 45, is the second Irish woman to win the prize, joining compatriots Iris Murdoch, Roddy Doyle and John Banville who won the prize in 1978, 1993 and 2005 respectively.