This year marks the quincentenary of the publication of First Voyage Around the World, 1519-1522: An Account of Ferdinand ...

Amitav Ghosh’s new collection of non-fiction, ‘Wild Fictions’, is a jumble of bewilderingly disparate pieces, marred by ...

Through its long and diverse history, Valentine’s Day has evolved from an ancient fertility rite into a global celebration of ...

Thankfully, two recent anthologies of Indian fiction — both suggested to me by avid readers at the Book Fair — sparkled and may redress an imbalance noted by a literary friend recently: Jaipur, and ...

We need to read good literature to help us once again find connection with one another. Tragically, we have been desensitised ...

The immigration issue has eaten British politics. Not just any immigration but uncontrolled immigration, legal and illegal.

The romance genre has undergone drastic changes in the past few decades, now carrying more diverse characters, but also more inclusivity in authors as well. An elevation in marginalized voices can be ...

It’s like someone took your grandma’s attic, your eccentric uncle’s study, and that mysterious used bookstore from your ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Publishers, editors and even readers are gatekeeping 'happily ever after' endings, writes romance novel historian Steve Ammidown.

Post-1945, Britain quickly relinquished its status as the world's largest imperial power, but it was the massive cultural and social changes at home that truly transformed British society.