RSS Items

Colum McCann and Diane Foley, James’s mother, came together to question one of his kidnappers and write a book that delves into the lives of both men.

The group in California started on the notoriously challenging novel by James Joyce in 1995. In October, it reached the end.

For Iman Mersal, the slim novel was “life altering.” She narrates her journey in the footsteps of its largely forgotten author in “Traces of Enayat.”

The second annual Queen’s Reading Room Festival at Hampton Court Palace celebrated what Queen Camilla has called the “great adventure” of the written word.

The singer, who has not given a face-to-face interview since 2018, has avoided traditional public appearances for “The Woman in Me,” which is still finding audiences.

When the author received an impassioned email, he dropped everything to visit the students who inspired it.

Emmanuel Carrère’s best sellers on Russia grew out of a deep affection. Since Moscow invaded Ukraine, he has traveled to the war-torn country to rethink his views.

Books — often riddled with gross grammatical and factual errors — are appearing for sale online soon after the death of well-known people.

He made the uncanny cool for a kid like me, whose dollhouse contained a miniature Ouija board in the child’s room and a ghost made of Kleenex and cotton balls in the attic.

Chester Himes was on par with Ellison, Hemingway and Fitzgerald, S.A. Cosby writes.