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Sarah Lyall talks to Adrian Edwards, head of the Printed Heritage Collections at the British Library, about the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio.

Irish Repertory Theater’s season-long survey of the playwright’s work prompted our reporter to seek out the Irish town that inspired the imaginary site of so many of his plays.

The National Book Award winner smuggles profound reflections on pain and loss into novels of deceptive lightness.

With Halloween around the corner, Gilbert Cruz talks to the Book Review editors Tina Jordan and Sadie Stein about their favorite creepy books.

Some fear that the raft of cancellations at this moment of war and tragedy is limiting opportunities to foster dialogue and greater understanding.

He entered publishing when he was 43, then published many of the most popular books of recent decades, including “The Da Vinci Code.”

He entered publishing when he was 43, then published many of the most popular books of recent decades, including “The Da Vinci Code.”

Rushdie, who was grievously injured onstage last year, said the forthcoming book was a way “to answer violence with art.”

As her career took off, the best-selling Canadian novelist found the ideal office mate: her cat. They even had matching desk chairs.

In a widely read book, he detailed gruesome biological experiments on people at a secret Imperial Army site in occupied China before and during World War II.