T here is no shortage of books on the period surrounding America’s civil war. Canonical classics include “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, ...

Hi, I’m Shaun Dunn from Lincoln, Nebraska here for HPPR’s Radio Readers Book Club. John Steinbeck is one of my favorite ...

Anne Hailes on a recent meeting in Belfast, which heard stark warnings about the creeping privatisation of healthcare and the ...

Michelle Steinbeck’s Favorita (Faber, £16.99) is an absolute joyride of a novel. Surreal, highly dramatic and a feminist must-read, it is the Swiss novelist’s second book, in a stunning and sure-to-be ...

Words have power. Sometimes they whisper.Sometimes they roar. And every once in a while, they shake the foundations of society so hard that nothing stays the same. These aren't just bestsellers or ...

Read an excerpt of this deep-space mystery from the prolific writer of 'Whalefall' and 'Angel Down.' ...

While February tends to be the dreariest month of the year for me, there appear to be some sunny spots on the horizon: two of ...

Last winter, when I found myself in that cold, dark place that comes after the spell of the holidays but before spring ...

How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us, by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein MATTERING: The Secret to a Life of Deep ...

Write what you know” is the usual advice for novice authors attempting a first book. I have echoed this standby religiously ...

A man goes on a journey, spiritual and physical, across America’s sprawling highways, and his trip is documented — either as ...