A leading Roman Catholic commentator and founder of a pro-Catholic media organization has landed a deal to write a "full-scale" biography of Pope Francis.   Publisher Henry Holt...

Along with writing novels, stories, poems and essays, Alice Walker has been keeping a diary.   The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Color Purple" has a deal with Simon...

Europeana, Europe’s digital museum, library, gallery and archive, together with its Maltese partner, AcrossLimits, invites the people of Malta to The National Book Fest from 12-16 November. We...

"Top Down: A Novel of the Kennedy Assassination" (Random House), by Jim Lehrer   "What if?" is a tried-and-true starting point for a novelist. In the case of "Top...

"The Circle" (Alfred A. Knopf/McSweeney's), by Dave Eggers   A tech giant with tentacles deep into the lives of its users is no longer an unusual thing to imagine, but Dave...

Calling all Jake Cassar’s fans! The wait is over.  Two new ‘book-episodes’ have just landed!   For all those who are eager to discover how Jake and Mel’s...

An appeals court has rejected claims that author and humanitarian Greg Mortenson committed fraud by lying in his best-selling book "Three Cups of Tea" to boost sales and donations to...

How to Tackle Behavioural Issues   My puppy, Honey, is adorable, but she wasn’t always like that...   Not long ago, Honey was becoming a bit of a handful and developing A...

"Quiet Dell" (Scribner), by Jayne Anne Phillips   In the 1930s, a man who called himself Cornelius O. Pierson began to correspond with a 45-year-old widow struggling to raise three...

"Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City" (Doubleday), by Russell Shorto   No guide to Amsterdam is complete without a mention of tulips, canals and legalized pot...