First, a true story, written by me. As a young man in my twenties, I was quite desperate to publish a novel. I must have ...

Castaway by Francesca de Tores is based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, the marooned Scottish sailor fictionalised in Daniel Defoe’s 1719 ...

In the AI era, authentic college essays matter more than ever. Memoirists and admissions experts explain what makes personal ...

When Starbucks Korea promoted its series of reusable tumblers called “tanks” with a “Tank Day” campaign on May 18, 2026, it ...

In “Dog Days,” LaBarge blurs the lines between memoir and criticism. Over the course of a career, what a critic trains her ...

Three years after filmmaker Christopher Nolan won seven Oscars and five Golden Globes — among other awards — for “Oppenheimer ...

Personally, I don’t need to live to be 100,” she says. “It’s placing a massive economic, social and psychological ­burden on society.” Holdforth, who will expand on her ideas during this year’s ...

From Justin Bieber's hair to Taylor Swift's wedding rubbish, discover the strangest celebrity items ever sold and the ...

Britain's 10 bestselling books begin with the murder of a woman. I asked bestselling authors and literary experts what that says about the stories we tell.

David Tresilian visits the newly renovated house of French writer Pierre Loti, a 19th-century exponent of literary ...

SOME people were surprised by the figures I cited in my articles on the amount of money that the Department of Education (DepEd) has invested in the procurement of books. A total of P19 billion was ...