As the Caine Prize contenders visit the UK in advance of the announcement of the winner next week, chair of the judges Dr Peter Kimani discusses what the prize has meant to African writing

Why are strong, attention-getting titles so important for indie authors? Because there's a lot of competition out there-and next to an arresting, professional-looking cover design, it's the title of your book that's most likely to grab a reader's attention and convince her pick it up and buy it...

When the disruption hit the publishing industry ten years ago, I watched with a wary eye. After I finished The Freelancer's Survival Guide in the summer of 2010, I repurposed this weekly blog to help me understand the changes the publishing industry was undergoing. It seemed, in those heady days...

• The first draft - 'The toughest part of the whole process is going from the outline to the first draft. When you are writing the outline you can do anything from changing the gender of a character to reseting the whole thing in Egypt. You are all-powerful.

More than 200 people from 40 countries attended the International Publishers Association's Africa Rising summit on June 13 and 14 in Nairobi. The event featured panel discussions and presentations on the challenges of professional publishing, both trade and educational, in Africa.

Judith Krantz, author of blockbuster romance novels including "Scruples" and "Princess Daisy" that sold more than 80 million copies worldwide, died Saturday in Bel-Air of natural causes. She was 91. The news was originally reported by Deadline.