Caleb Wilson/review | Step into Joe Abercrombie's world of monsters

Joe Abercrombie is a prolific author known for writing “grimdark” fantasy, which is more likely to feature flawed foot soldiers fighting on both sides of a pointless conflict than your typical shining hero. He’s also an expert at making his shady...

Massie urges subpoena against Epstein estate, joins progressive Dem in push for ‘full release’ of files

Panelists Byron York and Matt Towery discuss the Democratic Party’s attempts to deflect and point fingers at President Donald Trump on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., joined with...

Author and photographer Susan Mara Bregman hosts Sweet Stories

TEWKSBURY — History has never tasted so sweet. Join author and photographer Susan Mara Bregman for a virtual journey through the region’s most iconic confections during a presentation highlighting her newest book, “History of New England Sweets:...

Before Sebald Was Great

Books & the Arts / July 28, 2025 By looking at his early work, we can better understand who the German writer was beyond his persona as the melancholy intellectual and serious man of letters. Ad Policy W.G. Sebald, 1999. (Ulf Andersen / Getty...

10-Year-Old Boy, Jamaldeen Isiaka, Launches Inspiring Book In Abeokuta

By Solanke Ayomideji Taiwo In a heartwarming and inspiring display of talent and discipline, 10-year-old Jamaldeen Adeleke Isiaka has etched his name into Ogun State’s literary history by officially launching his debut book titled “God’s Time Is...

Academic Asaf Hajiyev's books to be published by int'l publishing houses

The Secretary-General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) Academic Asaf Hajiyev's books will be published by international publishing houses, Azernews reports citing the Institute of Management Systems of...

In Good Faith: Even after burned books, there’s hope

Growing up on a military base in Germany for many years when the exchange rate was favorable for enlisted personnel, my parents made a point of traveling to expose us to history and beautiful places. For seven years we visited castles, cathedrals,...

How Gwyneth's perfectionism caused a 'noxious' atmosphere at her controversial lifestyle brand Goop: Final extract from new book reveals how she came up with THAT candle and fell out with Anna Wintour's team

Gwyneth Paltrow may not have known as she headed into Goop’s weekly staff meeting one January morning in 2017 that the company was about to be hit by one of its biggest controversies. Goop, which Gwyneth had started as a lifestyle newsletter...

Book Review | Sufi Symbols, Afghanistan Jazz up Murder Mystery

When it comes to books, I have a few hot buttons. For example, if I come across a book about stories and/or storytelling, I will snatch it up immediately. If a book is set in Afghanistan and its environs, I will be interested, though the harshness...

Patricia Upton of Southampton Remembered as Trailblazing Author

Patricia Upton Patricia Upton died on July 11, at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. She was 86 and lived in Southampton with Robert Upton, her husband of 65 years. Professionally, Upton was a trailblazer and a role model for young working women....

Brazil donates 60 books to National Library

The National Library in Brazil has donated 60 books to its Namibian counterpart, under the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture. This is the second donation of Brazilian books made this year. This donation aligns...

Book Review: Essays on Selected Contemporary Issues in the Nigerian Banking System

Author: Umaru Ibrahim, FCIB, FCIoDN, mni Reviewer: Hashim I. Ahmad(Former director of research NDIC) Financial system serves as a lubricant to the workings of other sectors in any economy. This is because the sector plays an intermediary role by...

Oklahoma History Center hosts author Michael Wallis for book signing event

On Saturday, August 2, the Oklahoma History Center Museum in Oklahoma City will hold a discussion and book signing event featuring author Michael Wallis. The event, scheduled from 2-4 p.m., will focus on Wallis's new book titled “Belle Starr: The...

NLNG Literature Prize Winner Urge FG, Others To Promote Reading Culture

Winner of the 2024 Nigeria Prize for Literature, Olubunmi Familoni, alongside other intellectuals, has urged the three tiers of government and corporate organisations to invest more in promoting reading and creative writing as a strategy for...

Highland crime writer launches new whisky to mark release of latest novel

Acclaimed crime fiction writer JD Kirk has launched a new whisky inspired by one of his characters.An acclaimed Highland crime writer has launched a special-release whisky inspired by one of the characters in his novels. JD Kirk — the pen name of...

Book Review | Crime, Love Triangle in the Cantonment

After an eventful tenure as the Army Chief (December 2019 to April 2022), during which China attacked India after contaminating the world with Covid 19 and then got into a heavily armed standoff against Indian Army along the lengthy disputed...

Book Review | Rethink Men’s Roles at Home

Much has been told by feminists of the drudgery of unpaid ‘reproductive labour’. Beauvoir said, “Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition.” One wonders what a man’s take would have been on the...

Book review: Debut poetry collections What God Took Your Legs Away and homesick explore love

Book review: The First Fools makes Singapore’s 10 ‘founding fathers’ flesh and blood again

In primary school, this reviewer came into possession of a yellowed sheet of laminated paper, on which the headshots of Singapore’s 10 “founding fathers” were arranged haphazardly. They stared, their expression somewhere between stoic and...

West Coast author releases rare book exploring Ucluelet’s history

Shirley Martin's Calm Harbour, Turbulent Seas explores the stories from the Island's Pacific Rim A West Coast author has devoted many years of her life to researching and writing about Ucluelet, a place she calls home. Shirley Martin’s sixth book,...