It is a case of text on the beach as the younger generation are no longer taking books on holiday but are instead lounging by the pool with their smartphones, a study has found.

WHEN Fifty Shades Of Grey came out, I chose not to review it. And then it exploded — and everyone read it, even my mum.

THE soft-porn novel Fifty Shades of Grey has become a publishing if not a literary sensation of our time.

The latest instalment of EL James’s sadomasochistic Fifty Shades Of Grey saga has been released in a flurry of publicity.

Fifty Shades Of Grey author EL James has rewritten her best-selling ‘mummy porn’ novel — from the point of view of its title character.

A school has defended its decision to stop a pupil taking part in World Book Day events while wearing a Fifty Shades Of Grey costume.

Judi Dench and Maggie Smith have more pulling power than Christian Grey’s saucy bedroom antics after The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel knocked Fifty Shades Of Grey off the top spot at the UK box office.

Culture bores suggest a movie simply can’t match the sensory experience provided by the depth and breadth of a novel, Declan Burke says Fifty Shades of Grey has already put the old canard to bed.

It’s as rude as you would imagine!

There are more sex scenes than your average Hollywood film, but it isn’t particularly raunchy

Firefighters fear they may become tied up with a rise in call-outs over people getting trapped in compromising situations as a result of the ‘Fifty Shades’ effect.

2FM DJ Eoghan McDermott decided to do a segment replacing some of the more risqué words in Fifty Shades Of Grey with Irish place names and the results were a hoot!

Billionaire playboy lives a life of lust and luxury goods

Children as young as 12 can see Fifty Shades of Grey in the cinema in France after the country’s film board decided against giving it an adult certificate.

It’s the movie everyone’s talking about, but the road from page to screen hasn’t been smooth for EL James’ bonkbuster. Susan Griffin probes a little deeper...

British cinemagoers are guaranteed an eyeful after censors passed the film version of Fifty Shades of Grey without any cuts.

Readers here had austerity on their minds last year with Strumpet City the most borrowed book of adult fiction from public libraries, figures show.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian showed it is never too early for an eye-popping outfit as she spilled out of her plunging neckline while heading out for an early-morning jaunt around London.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian stole the show at a glitzy awards do – designed to celebrate men.

Following the runaway success of EL James’s erotica series, Fifty Shades of Grey, a study has reported that readers of the best-selling romance novels are more likely to have abusive partners.

The '50 Shades of Grey' movie is the wrong kind of fantasy, says Suzanne Harrington.

Lindsay Lohan is planning to write her autobiography.

RITA ORA has admitted she found her first major acting role in the Fifty Shades Of Grey movie "incredibly difficult" because she was so nervous.

Sales of publishing phenomenon EL James’s Fifty Shades of Grey were not enough to prevent one of Ireland’s largest independent booksellers from going into the red last year.

US: Fifty Shades of Grey author EL James has hooked up with a lingerie company to launch a range of undies to tie in with her risque books.

'Fifty Shades Of Grey' has its male lead – again.

You probably wouldn’t bring your granny to 51 Shades of Maggie, a parody of the bestselling erotic romance, Fifty Shades of Grey.

ACTOR Charlie Hunnam says he has tangible chemistry with actress Dakota Johnson. Hopefully.

BEFORE EL James’s erotic Fifty Shades of Grey became the fastest-selling book series of all time, it had already sparked a studio bidding war for the film rights.

Inmates are escaping the daily grind of prison life by sampling the erotic goings-on in the steamy international best-seller, Fifty Shades of Grey.

She’s still the Material Girl. Pop diva Madonna, 55, is the world’s top-earning celebrity, according to a Forbes list, raking in an estimated $125m (€93m) in the past year, mainly from her $305m-grossing MDNA tour, but helped by sales of clothing, fragrance, and various investments.

Fifty Shades Of Grey author EL James has topped a list of the world’s highest earning authors.

Artist-turned film-maker Sam Taylor-Johnson has signed up to direct the movie version of Fifty Shades Of Grey.

Sales of publishing phenomenon, EL James Fifty Shades of Grey helped the Irish arm of retail giant, WH Smith record a profit here for the first time last year, when the company generated €541,658 in pre-tax profits.

When Dr Brandy Engler went into business as a psychotherapist in Manhattan, she assumed that most of her clients would be women (her expertise was female sexual desire), and that building a clientele would be slow. Both assumptions were wrong.

YOU’VE spent weeks, months, years, pouring your heart into your novel.

Almost half a million Irish bookworms — mostly women — spent more than €3m on the erotic Fifty Shades trilogy last year.

The late Maeve Binchy was the highest earning Irish author last year, according to the latest Nielsen figures.

EL James's bestselling sensation 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' has been named one of the books of the year at a literary awards ceremony.

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Britain’s Pearson and Germany’s Bertelsmann are to merge their publishing units, Penguin and Random House, to recover ground lost to technology groups.

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