Ken Kalfus, the author of, among other things, the funniest novel ever written about 9/11 and the best short story ever written about an IMF official, recently published a piece… Read more »

Librarians’ patience has been tested at least as long as there have been libraries. Oh, and as long as there have been people. People to bother them. People who need… Read more »

As Scotland prepares to vote on a referendum on breaking off from the United Kingdom to become an independent country, a poem that champions the case for union between England… Read more »

Margaret Atwood is currently working on a manuscript that most of us will never have the opportunity to read. Alison Flood writes for the Guardian that the Canadian author has… Read more »

Roald Dahl fans, rejoice! A previously unpublished chapter from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ran in the Guardian over the weekend, complete with glimpses into early versions of characters that… Read more »

An almost entirely unknown story by P.L. Travers — the author who created Mary Poppins — about the real-life woman who inspired the character will be released this fall, Alison Flood… Read more »

Amazon mistreats its employees. It may not mistreat them worse than some employers. It may not mistreat all of them. Some of the mistreatment might be laid at the feet… Read more »

Noted erotica enthusiast and enemy to anonymous online reviewers Anne Rice announced this week that she’s planning to bring back her best known character after more than a decade. The… Read more »

When I was in middle school, I was incredibly honored to get an email response from Anne McCaffrey for a school project that I had to route through her publicist.… Read more »

A book recently purchased by the Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton, England, was discovered to have a treasure beyond the book itself, which was a first edition of The… Read more »