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Soundings was dumped off the Leaving Cert curriculum in 2000, but was something lost in the move to make the syllabus more diverse and contemporary?
Evan Wang, a senior at Upper Merion High School, wants to see young people engage with poetry off the page and in everyday ...
Part marriage plot, part novel about novels, “Northanger Abbey” is Austen’s strangest—and perhaps most underappreciated—work.
Global streaming, distribution and production company Mubi is adding to its growing media footprint with a new book ...
My first bookcase was a cinderblock-and-board affair. Popular in the 1970s, these makeshift arrangements accommodated books ...
During this same invasion in 2002, artist Rula Halawani went out on the streets of Ramallah, and photographed corpses of ...
“The Golden Bowl” is about two couples. One is made up of an Italian prince who marries an American woman named Maggie, the ...
From poetic truths to bold self-inquiry, these 12 underlined favourites deliver the emotional clarity and depth that stay ...
A new breed of bookstore hyphenates serve cocktails, wine and dinner with their bestsellers to keep the literary good times rolling.
But add the music and the voice, and something happens. Kamala Harris – remember her – and her image-makers know that well.
Charlotte Brontë was just 13 when she compiled her Book of Rhymes in 1829 - misspelling the word "rhymes". In 2022, the original volume was purchased for £983,000 at auction and the winning bidder ...
As part of its centennial celebrations, Sharjah Public Libraries (SPL) will roll out a comprehensive cultural programme from ...