Literature News

Two icons of Maine literature and music - international best-selling author Tess Gerritsen of Camden and singer/songwriter David Mallett - will receive honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees and share remarks at the University of Maine's 212th commencement Saturday, May 10. Mallett, who lives in Sebec, will address the 10 a.m. ceremony, and ... (more)

Farewell messages for late South African president Nelson Mandela are written over a panel in a shopping mall in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec. 13, 2013.

WOULD WOOD COULD SPEAK: The writing desk used by Elizabeth Barrett Browning as she worked on her poems in Italy is on display in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Princeton University Library.

A rare duplicate of a classic Chinese book will be open to the public free of charge in an east China city starting on Friday, local authorities said.

But I learned so much from your book. Exactly, and that's how the book came about.

It took playwright Lindsay Cochrane a few attempts to convince novelist Yann Martel that his Beatrice and Virgil could be turned into a play.

Archipelago Books is offering 60% off select titles in celebration of National Poetry Month.

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Bolano's "The Unknown University," translated by Laura Healy, is a poetry nominee.

If you lead a busy life, settling down to read a book may seem unfeasible. If you're disappointed by this, yet keen to indulge in classic literature, you can find solace in the less demanding world of novellas.

Huntingtower was a departure for John Buchan. Published between the third and fourth of his tremendous Richard Hannay novels, the book's protagonist is not a soldier-turned-spy, but instead a retired Scottish grocer who joins a quixotic effort to rescue a Russian noblewoman from Bolsheviks.

No story is as deserving of an oral history as the immigrant's tale; even the quietest one is, in its own way, epic.

The Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library has announced semi-finalists for the 2014 Letters about Literature competition.

Children's Laureate and acclaimed author Malorie Blackman visited Hazelwood Integrated College recently as part of the Arts Council's 'Stories Tour'.

HEA gets to give you the first look at the trailer for Gena Showalter's upcoming April 29 release, 'Burning Dawn.'

Smith sophomore Megan Baker will be putting her education and passion for community to use in Washington DC this summer.

Last year, writer-art director Dinah Fried posted five "photographic recreations of meals from classic and contemporary literature," dishes she assembled and styled herself.

Sue Townsend, who died last Thursday aged 68 after suffering from a stroke, was one of Britain's most celebrated comic writers as well as novelist, playwright and journalist.

Laurie Blauner had a smile in her voice as much as on her face. She wanted to talk poetry-my poetry, her poetry-and prose and the combination of the two that her work has become.

ABU DHABI, 14th April 2014 - Foreign Minister H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan honoured winners of the debut Emirates Novel Award during a ceremony held Monday at the Park Rotana Hotel in Abu Dhabi.