Children in the UK and Ireland are reading fewer books than they did last year, according to a new report, as post-Covid absences from school and a lack of dedicated reading time... Read more »
Every Wednesday at seven o’clock, Montrealers gather at De Stiil bookstore for an hour of silent reading: alone in their choice of book, but nonetheless together. Before reading begins, an exchange takes... Read more »
Matt Lloyd-Rose, author Having worked as a carer, primary school teacher and volunteer police officer, I’m always on the lookout for literary non-fiction that explores big social questions: searing, lyrical books like... Read more »
They have killed skinny jeans and continue to shame millennials for having side partings in their hair. They think using the crying tears emoji to express laughter is embarrassing. But now comes... Read more »
Kelly and Zach Weinersmith’s A City on Mars discusses what a space colony on that planet might look like. Science fiction authors, though, have been imagining life on the Red Planet... Read more »
Reading print texts improves comprehension more than reading digital materials does, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Valencia analysed more than two dozen studies on reading comprehension published... Read more »
The New Yorker’s editors and critics considered hundreds of new releases this year in order to select the Best Books of 2023. The magazine’s writers also came across many other new favorites—classics... Read more »
This book club spent 28 years reading “Finnegans Wake,” and now they’re starting again, and they’re not the only ones! Nov 15 2023 For a quarter century, Gerry Fialka, an experimental film-maker... Read more »
Dear BookBrowsers, In this issue, we review the latest from author Tania James. Loot follows a young Muslim woodcarver on an epic journey beginning in 18th-century India, while exploring colonialism, social marginalization... Read more »