Moira Weigel began researching the history of dating in the early 2010s during a pivotal cultural moment in the U.S. The ...

The Maison de Chateaubriand invites you to discover one of the first novels of Romantic literature, based on the impossible ...

The latest in a line of Victoriana ‘queer’ stories leaves Stuart Kelly wondering if it is anything more than an imaginative ...

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

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

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

Books newsletter: screen deals; UL Creative Writing Festival; Ennis Book Club Festival; Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction; ILF ...

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 ...

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

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

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Welcome to John K. King Used & Rare Books in Detroit, Michigan – a bibliophile’s paradise that’s more labyrinth than library.