A statue of pioneering Egyptian vernacular poet Fouad Haddad (1927–1985) was unveiled at the House of Arabic Poetry in the heart of Islamic Cairo during a poetry evening.

Most people would never put Shakespeare and Kendrick Lamar in the same sentence. One composed sonnets for the Elizabethan ...

Social scientist and author of a recent study on Estonians' reading habits, Marju Lauristin, said that while people do read ...

This article is offered in tribute to Founding Father Benjamin Franklin – writer, editor, printer, publisher, bookseller, and ...

The word graffiti is Italian and first attested in that language in the middle of the 19th century. It derives from the Greek verb grapho, meaning to scratch, draw or write; modern languages are full ...

This Sunday, Lent 5 in Year A, we come to the last of our for explorations of Jesus' encounters with individuals that formed a catechumate in the early church in her raising of Lazarus in John 11.1–45 ...

The digital revolution further transformed romance novels. Self-publishing, digital publishing and BookTok brought new and ...

Welcome to our literary quiz for the bookworms among us who know their Austen from their Brontë, their Dalton from their Malouf, and their Harper from their Moriarty. It's easy: all you have to do is ...

The literary world has given countless sci-fi classics, but titles like Neuromancer and Brave New World rank among the ...

Welcome to Great Adaptations, the Book Review’s regular multiple-choice quiz about printed works that have gone on to find new life as movies, television shows, theatrical productions and more. This ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Hays Blinckmann, author of the new novel 'Tiny Little Earthquakes,' shares a list of indie authors whose books became movies, TV series ...

The success of Chloe Walsh's Boys of Tommen series - including the latest Releasing 10 - means it is one of the most read Irish books in recent years. Photos: Piatkus Moreover, the Boys of Tommen was ...