Fantasy is built on unforgettable final acts that leave the reader in a blaze of spectacle. George R.R. Martin famously ...

When you read a book, the shapes of the characters, the continuous text, and the chunks of information pass through the optic ...

Julia Stiles honored the late Heath Ledger, her "10 Things I Hate About You" costar, with an emotional tribute on "Dancing ...

This time, I'd like to introduce the picture book 'Dongurizu Gyutto' by Naoya Hata.Speaking of autumn, it's acorns.It's the ...

The legendary science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable ...

Ellen Burstyn has an Oscar, two Emmys, and a Tony — which she keeps in her office, lined up on her bookshelf. All that's ...

The October RTÉ KIDS Book Club, with thanks to Children's Books Ireland, is a spooky one to celebrate Samhain!

That is how I came to Anne Carson, the Canadian who won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday. In one of New Haven’s secondhand bookstores, I bought her 2000 collection, Men in the Off Hours, and ...

So, Dungeon Crawler Carl is primarily a horror novel. Let’s start there. That’s not to say the book isn’t also deeply funny, thought-provoking, and fundamentally hopeful.

Prime Big Deal Days is upon us, and with it comes another great addition to the impressive library of massive supplemental Lord of the Rings books. The Complete History of Middle-Earth box set is ...

Which long-running cartoon features this protagonist: he's got round ears, an iconic yellow sweater, and a snarky little sister? If you immediately pictured an animated, 8-year-old aardvark, you've ...

Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago from dust, rock, and gas surrounding the young Sun. Over time, this material collided and merged into a growing planet, while intense heat, impacts, and ...