A pop-up library which appeared in Falkirk aiming to boost the mental health of locals and visitors has been a massive success. The library was set up to help encourage…
A Northern Ireland author is in the running for one of the most coveted prizes in literature after being named on the longlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel…
Debut writer Evelyn Araluen has won the Stella prize, Australia’s literary award for women and non-binary writers, for her collection Dropbear – making her the first poet to win the…
Barely a day after it opened, Barcelona’s smallest lending library has been forced to close after it was attacked by vandals. Barcelona’s last surviving telephone booth, which has been converted…
From calls in Virginia to burn “sexually explicit” books in a school library to a wave of challenges to titles by authors ranging from Toni Morrison to Alison Bechdel, the…
I have been writing weekly for over two years and it never ceases to amaze me when people commend my writings especially when they talk about how it resonates with…
The 21st edition of the Lagos Book & Art Festival (LABAF) will take place from November 4-10, 2019 at Freedom Park, Lagos Island and other venues around the city. LABAF which…
I am not as daft as this country. I grew up with books while Nigeria fattened into stupor with oil money. Anything very oily can be quite dangerous to good…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has listed at least 19 items which it said remained prohibited for the over 1.8 million candidates taking the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.…
One of the best things about love quotes from books is that writers so well articulate the experience of being in love that you start to fall in love a…