The proposed merger of Penguin and Random House has been given the go-ahead by the European Commission. Brussels said the merged business – which will be the world’s largest book…
Kristin Palitza interviews HLUMELO BIKO, South African investment banker, author and son of well-known anti-apartheid hero Steve Biko CAPE TOWN, South Africa – In his new book, “The Great…
In the brutal chaos that followed the civil war, life after emancipation was harsh and often short, new book argues By Paul Harris Hundreds of thousands of slaves freed during…
By Mike O’Sullivan Iconic science fiction and fantasy writer Ray Bradbury died Tuesday in California at the age of 91. Bradbury, who wrote the classic Fahrenheit 451, about a totalitarian…
French booksellers are worrying that a hike in VAT will drive another nail in the coffin of France’s cherished network of independent retailers. By Julien PEYRON Books have always been…
There is story telling and there is compelling story telling. And while author Rashid Darden, in his debut novel, invites and educates us into the clandestine world of fraternity pledging…
Why so often in literature—or in life for that matter—tragedy glows brightest? Is it that when our emotions are darkest their fires of despair burn most fierce? Is a sunny…
As well demonstrated in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, there is nothing so exhilarating and tragic as young love struggling to blossom under the suffocating cloud of bacchanalian bigotry masquerading as…
Hue-Man Bookstore Event Draws Crowd, Author Appears In Queens This Sunday By Nathan James Executive Editor The Hue-Man Bookstore in NYC’s Harlem section was packed last Friday as scores of…
ATLANTA – Outwrite Bookstore, long a staple of Atlanta’s gay community, announced Thursday morning that it is officially closed for business. An email from Outwrite owner Philip Rafshoon went out…
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