Lauren Groff prepares to open her bookstore Mar 18 2024 This spring, Groff, the multiple National Book Award finalist and author of five novels and two short story collections, and her husband,... Read more »
Frans de Waal, who found the origins of morality in apes, dies at 75 Mar 20 2024 Frans de Waal, who used his study of the inner lives of animals to build... Read more »
A Gentleman in Moscow to start streaming March 29 Mar 22 2024 Book Club favorite and one of the Top 20 BookBrowse Books of 2016, A Gentleman in Moscow is premiering as... Read more »
Laurent de Brunhoff, author of Babar children’s books, dies at 98 Mar 23 2024 Babar author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture-book series about an elephant-king and presided over... Read more »
Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize–winning psychologist and author, dies at 90 Mar 27 2024 Psychologist and bestselling author Daniel Kahneman, whose research on how decision-making and biases can impact economics earned him a... Read more »
Harvard removes binding of human skin from book in its library Mar 27 2024 The decision to find a “respectful final disposition” for human remains used for a 19th-century book comes amid... Read more »
Barnes & Noble workers plan union drive at largest US bookstore chain Apr 01 2024 Workers at America’s largest chain of bookstores are gearing up for a nationwide union drive after six... Read more »
In January 2002, during his State of the Union address, President George W Bush said that in “four short months” the US had “rallied a great coalition, captured, arrested and rid the... Read more »
Deirdre Madden, Kathryn Scanlan and Hanif Abdurraqib are among the eight recipients of this year’s Windham-Campbell prizes, worth $175,000 (£140,000) each. Madden, who is from Northern Ireland, was recognised for her eight... Read more »