NEW YORK — For her first novel since the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Demon Copperhead,” Barbara Kingsolver is taking on a subject she rarely discussed in public while growing up…
Read more Barbara Kingsolver returns with ‘Partita,’ her first novel since ‘Demon Copperhead’NEW YORK — If you’re looking for someone to debate the new “Wuthering Heights” movie with, you might want to start with Lucasta Miller. She’s a British author,…
Read more A movie that takes liberties with ‘Wuthering Heights’? Scholars are OK with that‘Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café’ by Fannie Flagg This 1987 classic is a must-read for anyone seeking a lift. The novel follows the burgeoning friendship…
Read more 10 Uplifting Reads to Banish the Winter BluesNEW YORK — The publishing arm of Mattel Inc. is teaming with million-selling novelist Alex Aster on a Barbie young adult novel in which the iconic doll embarks…
Read more Mattel and Alex Aster team up for Barbie young adult novel, ‘Barbie: Dreamscape’Over the past century, there have been countless attempts to assemble a definitive list of essential literature. In recent decades, however, the very idea of a literary canon…
Read more 11 Essential Books Overlooked by the Literary CanonNEW YORK (AP) — The 76th National Book Awards will unveil this year’s winners Wednesday night, with novels by Megha Majumdar and Karen Russell, and a memoir by…
Read more All eyes in publishing are turned to the 76th annual National Book AwardsEven M. Night Shyamalan — known for making darker movies like “The Sixth Sense” and “Signs” — goes looking for the light sometimes. “I just finished three really…
Read more M. Night Shyamalan’s latest plot twist? Teaming with Nicholas Sparks on a novel and upcoming filmLONDON — Britain’s most prestigious literary prize is getting a younger sibling. The Booker Prize Foundation announced Friday that it is setting up the Children’s Booker Prize alongside…
Read more The new Children’s Booker Prize aims to reward quality fiction for kidsNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Author Jodi Picoult has the dubious honor of being banned in two mediums this fall — her books and now a…
Read more Bestselling author Jodi Picoult pushes back after her musical is canceled by Indiana high schoolThey have cup holders at the multiplex. But as yet, they have not installed Kleenex holders. That might have been a good idea once it was clear that…
Read more Movie Review: Some tragedy, some romance, and a regretful helping of corn in ‘Regretting You’Fiction has a way of probing the reality of a particular moment in history that you can’t always get from pure fact. Whether it’s a tale of historical…
Read more To Understand the Present, Read These 10 Political Novels from the PastNEW YORK (AP) — Megha Majumdar’s “ A Guardian and a Thief,” already a finalist for the National Book Award and Kirkus Prize, is now Oprah Winfrey’s book…
Read more Oprah Winfrey picks Megha Majumdar’s ‘A Guardian and a Thief’ for book clubNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Megha Majumdar’s “ A Guardian and a Thief,” already a finalist for the National Book Award and Kirkus Prize, is now…
Read more Oprah Winfrey picks Megha Majumdar’s ‘A Guardian and a Thief’ for book clubLast month, researchers published a study finding that the practice of “leisure reading” is in precipitous decline. In 2004, 28% of survey respondents reported reading for pleasure; by…
Read more 9 Books We Can’t Stop Thinking About This MonthFrom utopian dreams to dystopian warnings, time travel fiction reflects our hopes and fears for humanity’s future. Courtesy the publishers For decades, authors and readers have been asking…
Read more The Best Books About Time Travel, From Classics to Modern FavoritesSTOCKHOLM — South Korean author Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for what the Nobel committee called “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical…
Read more Nobel Prize in literature is awarded to South Korean author Han KangFull disclosure: Other than a few clips of Frances McDormand as the titular Olive Kitteridge in the 2014 HBO show, “Tell Me Everything” was this reviewer’s first trip…
Read more Book Review: Elizabeth Strout brings all her favorite Mainers together in ‘Tell Me Everything’HELENA, Mont. — A quote from Wyoming’s governor and a local prosecutor were the first things that seemed slightly off to Powell Tribune reporter CJ Baker. Then, it…
Read more Wyoming reporter caught using artificial intelligence to create fake quotes and storiesAs our lives become more automated, increasingly niche jobs materialize to fill in the gaps. Ours is a society in which people hire celebrities to make birthday videos,…
Read more Book Review: What’s it like to be a rental stranger? Kat Tang’s debut novel imagines an answerBloomberg News apologized and disciplined employees on Monday for prematurely publishing a story last week that revealed a prisoner exchange involving the United States and Russia that led…
Read more Bloomberg apologizes for premature story on prisoner swap and disciplines the journalists involved
