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Artist-actor Lewis Mahlmann knew how to charm children with his version of classic tales and handmade puppets at Children's Fairyland in Oakland.

While Paramount's "Noah" movie has sold plenty of tickets, audience reaction has been mixed.

In the Writers' Alliance Fiction Award category, the finalists are "Strays" by Ed Kavanagh; "Caught" by Lisa Moore and Wangersky for "Whirl Away" .

Established author-illustrator Marie-Louise Gay is known for her Stella series of books, which have also spawned an animated series.

To be or not to be. To thine own self be true. The lady doth protest too much. Just about everyone has encountered one or more famous lines from William Shakespeare's Hamlet in everyday conversation, and most of us have struggled in English class with the Elizabethan-era language, written in lively blank verse .

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.