We readers of Mathias Énard’s The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild know something that the novel’s protagonist could not: No one, at least in this corner of France, ever really dies.... Read more »
Book News: Han Kang’s books sell out as South Korea celebrates her Nobel prize in literature Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming pace Read moreThe Best Novels for Book Clubs... Read more »
Queues of customers spilled out of South Korea’s bookshops yesterday and online stores crashed as readers tried to get their hands on the work of the new Nobel prize winner, Han Kang.... Read more »
Book News: Han Kang has won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024 Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming pace Read moreThe Best Novels for Book Clubs in 2024 Read... Read more »
In 1952, a book appeared that redefined children’s literature. “A lap is so you don’t get crumbs on the floor,†it proclaimed. “A mustache is to wear on Halloween. A hat is... Read more »
Book News: 2024 NBA longlist for young people’s literature announced Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming pace Read moreThe Best Novels for Book Clubs in 2024 Read moreBookBrowse Membership Ezines:... Read more »
This week, The New Yorker is announcing the longlists for the 2024 National Book Awards, beginning with Young People’s Literature. Check back at 2 P.M. for the Translated Literature list, and Thursday... Read more »
My earliest reading memoryProbably The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum, read to me when I was perhaps three. It is very different from the movie and so was my first introduction to distortions and improvements... Read more »
Elizabeth Day, Afua Hirsch and Mick Herron are among those named as Royal Society of Literature (RSL) fellows for 2024. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming paceThe new cohort of... Read more »