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Author Kate Storey explains the appeal of books about books, and she asks fellow authors for their favourite reads celebrating this theme

Sharing their recommendations with us: John Grisham, Meg Cabot, Marilynne Robinson, Champaign Public Library past guests Brendan Slocumb and Lisa See, UI grad Dave Cullen, George Vecsey, Bonnie Garmus, Rebecca

Sharing their recommendations with us: John Grisham, Meg Cabot, Marilynne Robinson, Champaign Public Library past guests Brendan Slocumb and Lisa See, UI grad Dave Cullen, George Vecsey, Bonnie Garmus, Rebecca

Kicking off our new monthly series about emotions in literature, Sophie Ratcliffe finds the best literary descriptions of hopefulness

From Benjamin Zephaniah on Ain’t I a Woman to Elif Shafak on Orlando by Virginia Woolf – authors tell the story of the moment a book saved their life

THERE’S something of the Marcus Aurelius about this work. Like the ‘Meditations’ of one of the few ‘good’ Roman emperors, Will Ashon’s…

This week, we feature a biography of young Louis Braille for children, and an insightful examination of the ...

We asked some leading lights of comedy and literature to nominate the books that always make you laugh out loud

British author Elly Griffiths said she would take Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons on a desert island with her. She said Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll first gave her the reading bug.

We asked some leading lights of comedy and literature to nominate the books that always make you laugh out loud