Bernardine Evaristo, the president of the Royal Society of Literature, has launched a staunch defence of the organisation, which she says has been subjected to “false accusations” of ageism, censorship and lowering... Read more »
“You’re not just playing a game. You’re opening for prestige television’s most celebrated time slot.” Source link Read more »
In your story from this week’s issue, “That Girl,” a bookish teen-ager named Theo finds herself increasingly attracted to Shirlee, a more rebellious girl from her neighborhood. How did these two characters... Read more »
Indonesia: the world’s largest island nation, 17,000 pieces of land projecting from the waves where Indian and Pacific oceans meet, ranging in scale from the giants of Sumatra, Java and Borneo, to... Read more »
The London Review of Books has expressed its disappointment after the Barbican backed out of hosting a lecture series which included a talk about the Holocaust and allegations that Israel is committing... Read more »
“I want you to set up a super PAC for whoever this ‘None of These Candidates’ is. They just might be the future of the Party.” Source link Read more »
In March, 1668, Adriaan Koerbagh, a Dutch physician in his mid-thirties, hired Johannes Van Eede, a printer in Utrecht, to publish his new book, “A Light Shining in Dark Places, to Shed... Read more »
The story of a half fairy, half human woman has gripped UK book buyers this week, as a novel about the hybrid heroine shot to the top of the bestseller chart. House... Read more »
A collection of letters from one of Charles Dickens’ most valued confidantes will go on display in London for the first time this week to mark 212 years since the literary giant’s... Read more »