Grand dame of British popular fiction lays into E L James' publishing sensation

The National Security Administration surveillance scandal has prompted a 3,000% surge in purchases of the 1948 dystopian novel

"There is a huge resource of young people's imaginations out there and they're unfettered and untarnished by experience. They're fresh and new and vigorous and brave"

"Be a little bit different - don't just copy other stories that you've read or even the sort of thing that your friends are writing"

"If young people win 500 Words it isn't going to change their life. If they take part it might. It's actually the opposite way around"

"Young people are more about telling a story and saying what they want to say in a way that sometimes you lose or get a bit inhibited as an adult"

TV has been elevated into an art form, says Alison Graham

First edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone containing JK Rowling’s personal annotations and drawings is standout sale at charity auction

Despite the recession, fans of erotic fiction have contributed to increased sales of 4 per cent in 2012

Jennifer Lawrence, Lena Dunham, Beyonce and Justin Timberlake are also named in the annual list of the world's titans, leaders, artists, icons and pioneers