Literature News

Every year in July, writers and readers of fiction gather for Readercon , in Burlington, MA.

BOOKSTORES AND LIBRARIES CAN DIVIDE up their books however they want, but there are really only two important categories: boy books and girl books.

We tend to have a lot invested in the habit that a piece of music is taken in in a single stretch.

If one were to ask an English professor if a graphic novel were to be counted as capital-L Literature, many would scoff at the very idea.

After compiling a list of the most essential LGBT movies , The Advocate is pitting the top 32 entries against one another in a series of one-on-one face-offs.

This should not be a surprise to anyone - I've already written about her love for mysteries, some of them surprisingly racy - but looking back it's something of a shock to realize that she probably read a book every week or two.

Malorie Blackman appeals for a better ethnic mix of authors and characters and the illustrator Quentin Blake comes to the rescue Chris Green is Senior Reporter at The Independent.

The 2014 Talking Volumes lineup includes literary heavy hitters in a rich variety of topic areas, from the history of God to the role of literature in a democracy.

The Bosnian novelist and journalist talks about growing up in wartime, Yugoslav pop, and why Bosnia needs to move on.

Jules Massenet's opera Werther is a tragic romance based on Goethe's autobiographical novel The Sorrows of Young Werther , the epitome of the Sturm und Drang Romantic movement in German literature.

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On Saturday, July 12th at 2 p.m. Rose Senehi will visit City Lights Bookstore to present her latest novel, Dancing on Rocks.

Starting her writing career while serving a 10 1/2 prison sentence, and receiving advice from prison mate Martha Stewart, the official queen of street literature Wahida Clark is not putting the pencil down anytime soon.

Saving Houdini, the dust-jacket flap tells us, is Michael Redhill's first book for young readers.

Despite all the hype surrounding this year's high-brow best-seller, Capital In The 21st Century by Left-wing French economist Thomas Piketty, a survey has revealed that more than a quarter of those who picked up the 685-page tome never got past page 26, and only just over 2 percent of readers finished it.

An Azar Yazdi Award is on display after the unveiling ceremony in Tehran on July 9, 2014.

The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, under the artistic direction of flutist Linda Chesis, opens its 16th season on Wednesday, August 6 with the concert Inspired by Italy.

An American classic was born 54 years ago today with the release of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird."

'Tearling' author on censorship and realistic heroines Erika Johansen talks her debut novel, 'The Queen of the Tearling.'

In an effort to overcome a decline in sales, and the profoundly dwindling public interest in reading, Korea's two largest book retailers Kyobo Book Center and Yes 24 set out their own unique strategies.