From the paintings of Paula Rego to a Jamaican American childhood, the six novelists up for the UK’s most prestigious fiction prize share the inspirations behind their nominated books – and how they got them onto the page

Republican state official pans scientific consensus as a “woke environmental agenda.”

Authors Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel discuss what they learned from writing a book together as a married couple.

Turn reading from homework to a hobby with fun, engaging ideas for encouraging reading in kids and teens.

Ghostwriting is a tradition that has been around since the 5th century, and has carried into the present day. But does it delegitimize a work?

The prospect of reading a book filled me with anxiety and shame. But an ADHD diagnosis changed everything, says writer and presenter Verity Babbs

November is National Memoir Writing Month. It's the perfect time to start writing your autobiography. It's not clear to me how November came to be National Memoir Writing Month. I suspect that National Memoir Writing Month was created by somebody who doesn’t like writing fiction.

Giving residents censorship rights over librarians and the public crosses a clear line that should never be breached.

What's behind the recent glut of celebrity memoirs? Fans can't get enough of the rich and famous, and the stars want a chance to control the narrative.

Revive your inner bookworm

The publisher had said it would segregate books with themes on race and gender at school fairs in order to navigate a rash of bans across the country.

As Texas enters its third straight school year of coordinated book banning activity, a growing number of districts are targeting library books. Caught in the dragnet: books featuring a “naked” crayon and one with a cartoon butt.

What does it take to lend one's writing to someone else? A ghostwriter who has authored multiple books offers a peek into the world of writing sans the fame.

In a 70-year crowdsourcing project, a motley global public sent in the words and definitions that would form the first OED. Ogilvie reveals the shocking stories behind the book’s birth

Sapient machines have appeared in stories for over a hundred years, but they’re just one example in our long tradition of using non-human characters to tell stories about ourselves.

There’s no way to write this article without some people yelling angrily at me, so I’m just going to highlight that point up front: many, many people are going to disagree with this article, and I’…

Politicians, celebrities, business leaders and influencers from all walks of life increasingly turn to professional writers—ghostwriters—for the literary assistance they need to craft their messages, stories, speeches and online content in a compelling way.

Filmmaker Gerry Fialka has convened a book group to read James Joyce’s ‘Finnegans Wake,’ a book famously tough to grasp. 

Our discomfort lies more with how a bestselling celebrity novel reconfigures the book as ‘merchandise’.

Despite their scarcity, science fiction books are highly sought after by elementary school students.