In one illustration, painted on vellum and decorated with gold leaf, the sorcerer Merlin is depicted as a powerful shape-shifter who has transformed into a talking stag. In another, the Knights of... Read more »
At a time when its leadership is in question and its mission challenged, the Library of Congress has named a new US poet laureate: the much-honored author and translator Arthur Sze. The... Read more »
A novel told from the perspective of a robot girlfriend has been named winner of the Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction. Annie Bot by Sierra Greer is “a tightly focused... Read more »
Arthur Frommer, whose Europe on 5 Dollars a Day guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95. Frommer died from complications of... Read more »
Martin MacInnes wins Arthur C Clarke award for âintense tripâ of a novel | Arthur C Clarke award
Scottish writer Martin MacInnes has taken home this yearâs Arthur C Clarke award for what judges described as an âintense tripâ of a novel, moving from the depths of the ocean to... Read more »