Auction of fire-resistant edition comes ahead of an expected US supreme court ruling reversing the right to abortion

With the Rings of Power, the situation surrounding the legal adaptation rights to Tolkien's posthumous Lord of the Rings works has become something of a hornet's nest.

A few weeks after he was banned from visiting a London school by the Catholic church, Simon James Green was confronted with an array of protest paraphernalia. The author, whose stories for young adults have been applauded for reflecting the upside, as well as the angst, of queer teen lives, was at an awards ceremony in Bristol. Members of a local school’s LGBT+ society had made banners and leaflets proclaiming their solidarity, and denouncing “kids in Catholic school locked in the closet”.

In “Read Until You Understand,” Farah Jasmine Griffin explores how books have served as instruction manuals to guide her through difficulty and triumph.

An artificial intelligence study on female prevalence in literature finds a staggering discrepancy in female representation.

The failure of progressive change in contemporary book publishing is so total that there is now a whole string of books about the failure of progressive change in contemporary book publishing, often backed enthusiastically by big corporate publishers, in an elaborate circuit of denial and absolution.

A rare manuscript written by Charlotte Brontë when she was 13 years old will go on sale at a New York City book fair later this month.

The headlines about the benefits of reading just keep coming. If you spend enough time online, you know reading purportedly makes you a better entrepreneur, happier, less stressed, and “more human.” It also apparently makes you more socially adept: the idea is that fiction reveals truths about human interactions and interiority, which readers internalize and apply to their lives. Sure!

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) made a big production on Tuesday about how wrong it is that children’s books promoting anti-racism are being taught at a private school in Washington, D.C., where Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is a board member.

Just like productivity resonating with me, so does the idea of reading. I like the appearance of it when someone is head down, engrossed and oblivious to the world around them. I like the fact that it is portable and can be done anywhere, on the beach, in the bath, in bed or on the toilet if you so desire. I like the perceived intelligence, the demeanour and the aura that reading emanates, no matter how much of a load of shit that may be.

From graphic novels to fiction to autobiographies, there seems to be a war on books, with bans and challenges becoming increasingly more common.

It’s no surprise that Harry Potter is the most wanted children’s book of 2022. Kids and adults alike enjoy escaping from reality into the Wizarding World adventures, resonating with the characters, and sparking their imagination. Since the book series encouraged a love of reading for many people during their childhood, why not bring that excitement of Harry Potter décor ideas into your home?

There is a notorious book in Victoria's State Library that is so rare it is worth more than a house.

From riveting thrillers to inspiring true-to-life experiences, these best books of all time won the hearts of millions of avid readers.

During his Christmas break, Dillon Helbig, an 8-year-old boy from Boise, Idaho, wrote a book that he wanted everyone to read. He had spent a long time on it — four days to be exact — and filled 81 pages of an empty journal with a richly-illustrated tale about how he gets transported back in time after a star atop his Christmas tree explodes.

In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place.

Despite its pitfalls, literature has helped many women recognize, and come to terms with, their sexual desires.

Across the internet’s meme subculture, there’s plenty of fan-theory-like discussion of The Wizard of Oz movie. Among the prevailing theories, there’s the hypothesis that The Wicked Witch of the West was well within her rights to pursue Dorothy. After all, Dorothy did kill her sister and steal those magical red shoes. There’s plenty of other theories, too, all touching upon the theme of the movie being a lot darker than it intended to be.

As The Fault in Our Stars barrels into theaters this weekend virtually guaranteed to become a blockbuster, it can be hard to remember that once upon a time, an adult might have felt embarrassed to be caught reading the novel that inspired it. Not because it is bad—it isn’t—but because it was written for teenagers.

By portraying predators as villains, we are influencing how our children perceive the natural world