"A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power" (Simon and Schuster), by Jimmy Carter   In his new book, "A Call to Action," former President and longtime...

Raymond has been cast into a mould ever since he was a child by all those around him. Others see him as a quiet, eccentric man with no friends except the village priest. He now inherits his...

Mario Azzopardi is as well known for his long career as a distinguished theatre director and    designer as for the volumes of poetry he has published since the late 1960s. This new work on...

The only time I ever met Sammy Meilaq was in a very different context. I was invited, many years ago, to baptise a child of a friend of mine at St Publius Church in Floriana and the second child at...

The only time I ever met Sammy Meilaq was in a very different context. I was invited, many years ago, to baptise a child of a friend of mine at St Publius Church in Floriana and the second child at...

For Leslie Jamison, the written word is a safe and risky place.   "So much of writing that has felt alive and electric is because I grant myself permission to write about what's...

"There Goes Gravity" (Riverhead), by Lisa Robinson   In the new book, "There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll," there's a telling photograph of Mick Jagger...

"The Furies" (Thomas Dunne Books), by Mark Alpert   Mark Alpert, known for his science-driven thrillers, takes readers on an unexpected journey into dark fantasy with "The...

Magic realism was only one of his gifts. From crime stories and village folklore to romance and satire, Gabriel Garcia Marquez brought poetry to virtually every popular genre.   The Nobel...

The pre-pre-season opening kickoff of the 2014 National Football League schedule is returned for a score in "Draft Day," an entirely conventional serio-comic sports world melodrama that...