A summer of reading – Engelsberg ideas
Tom Holland, co-host of The Rest is History and translator of Suetonius: The Lives of the Caesars I have…
‘The Tiny Things Are Heavier’ follows a young woman caught between worlds : NPR
There is a singular joy in reading immigrant novels that interrogate the idea of home, especially when explored…
The week’s bestselling books, July 27
Hardcover fiction 1. An Inside Job by Daniel Silva (Harper: $32) An art restorer and legendary spy must…
Independent UK publisher sells over 270,000 books in first three years
A UK-based printing company which created a unique model for online creators to publish books is celebrating three…
Dragging a reluctant child on holiday? Bring these books along
A surprising number of children’s books about summer begin with reluctance to go wherever the summer is to…
Nonfiction and Fiction Summer Reading Recommendations from Scientific American
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You might not know this, but Scientific American…
A bookstore that’s been a Halifax institution since 1987 is facing closure
An iconic Halifax bookstore may be forced to close permanently if the business is unable to raise enough…
How EMS Library is paving way for a reading renaissance in Kochi
Today, the library has over 1 lakh books and more than 15,000 members. “Of them, only around 8,000…
Absolution Through Voyeurism | Los Angeles Review of Books
Max Callimanopulos reviews the new edition of John Gregory Dunne’s classic “Vegas: A Memoir of a Dark Season.”…
If you still prefer printed books over e-readers, psychology says you probably have these 8 unique personality traits – VegOut
Some people swear by their Kindle. Others will never give up the smell of a paperback. If you…
The Lost Elms by Mandy Haggith review – cultural history of a noble tree | Science and nature books
Just as the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 did not originate in Spain, so Dutch elm disease is…
Adrian Martin explores minds of filmmakers in new book
CINEMAFilmmakers ThinkingAdrian Martin Sticking Place Books, New York, $32.19 Melbourne-born and bred, Adrian Martin is probably best known…