The best books on writing tend to be well, if not beautifully, written. But I have found that great books about writing great fiction — such as those by Eudora Welty and E Lily Yu — often contain ...

Nonesuch, his fourth novel, and set in Blitz-era London, is a sumptuous tale of a forward thinking, gifted City clerk, Iris ...

Perfect for bedtime reading, this beautifully illustrated story follows a little Owl who thrills with excitement each evening when she dances by the light of the moon. But as the weeks pass, the moon ...

Halfway through Julian Barnes’s latest book, a woman named Jean explains to the author that not all his books have worked for ...

The cross-Border pan-island Samuel Beckett Biennale will travel to the places of Beckett’s life, as organisers Seán Doran and Liam Browne of Arts Over Borders commission experimental productions to ...

Micaiah Johnson’s debut novel, The Space Between Worlds, a Sunday Times bestseller and New York Times Editors’ Choice pick, was named one of the best books of 2020 and one of the best science fiction ...

What do our reading choices say about us? When teaching creative writing and literature classes, I always ask my students ...

Bengali author Sankar who transformed mundane urban life into timeless tales dies at 92 ...

You know that feeling when a story gets under your skin? When you finish the last page and just sit there, staring at nothing, feeling like someone reached into your chest and rearranged ...

Born in 1906 and raised in rural Nova Scotia, he vividly describes the experience of spotting a large green caterpillar ...

From the messy set of 'Apocalypse Now' to the secret edits of 'Star Wars,' author Paul Fischer pulls back the curtain on how Coppola, Lucas and Spielberg gambled their friendships to build the modern ...