Dr William Minor was one of the most prolific contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary. Unknown to many, he was also ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that 250 years later, Austen can still be an icon for Gen-Z and we spoke to four young ...

Ultimately, Bibliophobia is a book of paradoxes. It’s a profoundly satisfying book about the maddening inadequacy of books. A ...

In “Bibliophobia,” Sarah Chihaya combines criticism and memoir to write about reading’s role in a life’s highs and lows ...

Along the way, Chihaya dedicated her life to reading. She pursued a career as an English professor at Princeton, where, in ...

From the Brontë sisters to Kurt Vonnegut to Zora Neale Hurston, these are the best classic books to add to your TBR this year ...

Deepak Madhok, President of the Banaras Lit Fest, said in a press release, “’We are proud to present the longlist for the Banaras Lit Fest Book Awards 2025, celebrating the diversity of Indian ...

This year — and also the first time in its 48-year-old ... of literature. “The idea of a mascot is good, but Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge and learning, whereas the book fair ...

and they were the two most-read books of the past year around the world among users of Goodreads. Fourth Wing introduced heroine Violet Sorrengail, a 20-year-old woman who is thrust into brutal ...

The book is a good reminder that the history of imaginative literature is also the history of illustrated literature, and not just for children. Gustave Doré is as useful a guide to Milton’s ...

Sello Duiker was regarded as a “rock star” of South African literature. He was one of a ... The two would exchange book recommendations and share their favourite passages from the ones they ...