Our favorite books by Black authors Growing up as a young Black girl in the South, I saw positive representations of Black ...

A pair of novel-writing sisters sued romance fantasy author Rebecca Yarros, alleging she stole the basis, themes and material of her “Empyrian” series from a string of books they published on the ...

The Washington Post review of Bonnie Jo Campbell’s 2024 novel “The Waters ... “The Waters” is one of 20 works chosen for Michigan Notable Books 2025. The annual list compiled by the ...

TV Star and Podcaster Pete Wicks talks about his new show and his love of dogs.

A Florida children's author and her husband pleaded guilty to abusing and neglecting their three children, leaving one girl hospitalized in critical condition with multiple organ failure.

A Florida children’s book author and her husband were each sentenced to more than a decade in prison after pleading guilty to abusing their three adopted children. Jennifer Wolfthal ...

A Florida children's author – known for penning stories about friendship – was charged alongside her husband for abusing and neglecting their adopted children, authorities said. Jennifer ...

JK Rowling has been toppled as the UK’s bestselling author by Julia Donaldson. Donaldson, who wrote the children’s picture book The Gruffalo, overtook the Harry Potter writer to become Britain ...

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling, spine #1247, is now available on 4K in the Criterion Collection. Following a near-death experience, successful comedian Jo Jo Dancer has an out-of-body experience ...

In the literary world, this year is shaping up to be a good one for fans of cultural criticism: There are new books about Better Call Saul and biographies of James Gandolfini and Lorne Michaels on ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. A thriller, a dystopia, a Gothic novel about a family curse: Genre lovers have options in this week’s recommended books ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. A Florida couple — including a woman who authored children's books — has pleaded guilty to abusing their adopted children inclduing spanking ...