Book inspiring William Shakespeare potions goes on display in Leeds
The free exhibition, which runs until 29 October, includes manuals on the best ways to grow fruit and…
NoViolet Bulawayo wins the Best of Caine award | Books
Zimbabwean writer NoViolet Bulawayo has won the Best of Caine award, an honorary prize celebrating a story from…
Book inspiring William Shakespeare potions goes on display in Leeds
Leeds City Council Librarian Antony Ramm says the books show the “dedication, passion and joy” gardeners share A…
Long-awaited book by Jane Hamilton brings a return visit to Wichita
It took nearly a decade for acclaimed and best-selling author Jane Hamilton to ferret out her latest novel’s…
‘You cannot censor me. They would try it now with all this wokeist nonsense’ – The Irish Times
Like a gondolier on the Canale Grande, John Banville seems right at home in Venice, the setting for…
More than reading: Inside the National Book Festival
The Walter E. Washington Convention Center located in downtown D.C. was alive with excited chatter and rustling pages…
22 Canadian books for tweens & teens to read this fall
(CBC) As the leaves change this season, so does our reading! Fall is a great time for tweens…
What Teen Novels Are Capable Of
This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of…
Patriotic Pride Takes Hold Above the 49th Parallel
President Donald Trump’s anti-Canadian jingoism has elicited a strong reaction on the other side of the 49th parallel,…
Grief, grit and Fiordland truths
Queenstown author Peta Carey has one piece of advice for anyone sitting down to read her fourth book, The…
‘A cottage of one’s own’: Newly unearthed Virginia Woolf stories to be published | Books
A trio of early stories by Virginia Woolf which together form a spoof biography of a family friend…
‘The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park’ by Michiko Aoyama – Book Review
Nestling at the bottom of a five-storey apartment block is the children’s playground, Hinode Park. Key points: If…