NPR's Michel Martin speaks with author Dolen Perkins-Valdez about her novel "Happy Land." The book is inspired by the true ...

In “Darkenbloom,” by the Austrian novelist Eva Menasse, the citizens of a European border town have secrets they’d prefer to ...

The studio continued by bringing out more stars, including Ben Affleck, Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri and Vivica A. Fox. Amazon MGM Studios ended the night with an ...

America’s literacy crisis is no fairy tale, but Operation Literacy is giving it a better ending. Together with schools, ...

Renowned New York Times bestselling author Brandon Mull has once again captured the imaginations of readers with his latest masterpiece, "Tales of Newel and Doren: The Gorgon’s Fury." ...

Children’s writer and author of the award-winning Crongton series, Alex Wheatle MBE, has died of prostate cancer at the age of 62. In a statement, his family said: "It is with great sadness we ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A first-time author has made history by taking out the $100,000 Victorian prize for literature with a picture book – the first ...

For decades, scientists have dreamed of computers so sophisticated they could think like humans — and worried what might happen if those machines began to act independently. In 2023, President ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

When the U.S. military refused to let women pilots enlist and the editor of an aviation magazine scoffed at “the woman who thinks she ought to be flying a high-speed bomber when she really has not the ...

At home, however, he was the Agatha Christie of the genre. Like Christie’s whodunits, Dr. Hessayon’s books followed a strict formula; and, like Christie, he shunned the limelight.