In an email interview, the novelist, playwright and screenwriter expressed surprise at the persistence of comedic works decades later. Scott Heller What books are on your nightstand? Maria Semple’s “Go Gentle,” because she’s hilariously sharp and ultimately kind; Steven Rowley’s “Take Me With You”, because his books are instantly adorable; “John of John,” because come
We’ve all heard the stories. all of us Love Stories. Workplace rivalries where chemistry can’t be denied. The angry man whose sad heart is finally melted by the pure sunshine. The hotel room door opens to reveal that there is actually only one bed. As a romance writer, I love many of the genres within
According to a new study, teen boys are “stuck” reading elementary school books like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, while girls their age are gravitating toward a wider range of novels. Among boys aged 11 to 14 who were surveyed, eight of the 10 most read books were from Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy
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my dad can by Stephen Lightbown, illustrated by Claire Sahara Lemp, quarto, £7.99Iris’s dad can turn into dinosaurs, unicorns, whatever she imagines – although some people see dad’s wheelchair and assume he can’t do anything. This soft-spoken, colorfully illustrated book celebrates the playfulness and creativity of parenthood. fluffy futon by Yuichi Kasano, translated by Kathy
my earliest reading memoryWhen I was five years old and starting school, I used to catch a coach from the Oxfordshire village where I lived. Twice a day I read the small metal plaque on the upholstery that warned “Watch your mind when leaving your seat”. my favorite book growing upMy dad had a copy
Imagination Children By Melissa Albert This spellbinding, haunting novel tells the story of Guinevere, the daughter of a talented actor/illustrator and a hugely successful children’s book author, both long dead. After a disastrous TV appearance to promote her new memoir, which presents a rosy version of her unconventional childhood, Ginny is forced to confront long-buried
American author Ben Lerner has won this year’s Orwell Prize for political fiction for Transcription, a novel that explores technology and memory. In nonfiction, the award went to Karen Bartlett for The Escape from Kabul, based on Afghan women lawyers who are endangered after the fall of Kabul in 2021. Award, which aims to highlight
Robert Prévost – now Pope Leo XIV – is set to publish a collection of his writings from the 2000s in English later this year. Freedom Under Grace: Reflections on the Spiritual Tradition that Formed Me will be released in September, featuring unpublished sermons and addresses from Prevost’s time as Prior General of the Order
IIn 1971, German actor Klaus Kinski performed a dramatic monologue titled Jesus Christ Savior in the Deutschlandhalle area of Berlin, but things did not go according to plan. A controversial figure during his lifetime, Kinski was irascible, arrogant, and had a violent temper. Film director Werner Herzog famously worked with Kinski on films such as