The creator of Bridget Jones, who grew up on Jane Austen and Jackie Collins, has no patience for “snobbery about escapist ...

The Politics of Presidential Mercy, by Jeffrey Toobin “When it comes to pardons, presidents are kings,” the legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin writes in his new book, “The Pardon: The Politics of ...

In his debut memoir, cultural critic Rich Benjamin "unearths the secrets of his family's hidden past in hopes of better ...

While I am not particularly proud of the essays in my application, I was initially considering submitting them to the collection — who wouldn’t want a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card? — until I ...

You can just give people books, and they eat it up.” She wasn’t wrong. I had historically played book doctor with my parents, gifting them books that I had never read but I thought they would enjoy.

Every year, bibliophiles seek refuge at the International Kolkata Book Fair. We speak to a few to know what brings them back every year ‘Reading is an escape that makes you face the ...

Kim A. Snyder's film spotlights the librarians on the front line of the culture war waged by right-wingers in certain American states.

Today, I’m talking with Andy Hunter, the CEO of Bookshop.org. Bookshop, at its core, is a website that lets local bookshops ...

At its best —which is often — the novel raises questions of self-hatred and complicity in great evil, and the limits of passion to overcome them. Books Beat Editor Alex Hetzler can be reached at ...

And I’m not the only one noticing these benefits. Oprah Winfrey described The Let Them Theory book as “life altering”. Popularised by American author and podcaster Mel Robbins, the theory is ...

One of Them Days is the kind of comedy Hollywood used to make regularly. The film keeps the premise simple and trusts the characters to react in funny ways. Even though it is more of a rarity in ...