From a park bench on the Victoria College campus, Margaret Atwood — class of 1961 — can trace her life of the mind. "It was here that I decided to become a Victorian (literature...

A new book by The New York Times reporters who uncovered sexual misconduct accusations against Harvey Weinstein reveals the identities of some of the whistleblowers who aided their investigation and...

Spelling Bee competitions are extremely popular in countries around the world. The concept is straightforward: competing children are given a complex word to spell, if they spell it incorrectly, they...

Bank of Valletta, in collaboration with the National Literacy Agency, recently organised weekly Read with Me sessions for BOV employees and their young children. The 'Read with Me / Aqra...

Announcing the names of guest authors at the Malta Book Festival ought to be a straightforward affair. For a start we know for certain that Jon Courtenay Grimwood was born in Valletta, Maltese birth...

Erik Larson's next book tells a story he knows has been heard before. "The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz," which comes out next March, is set...

"Cold Storage: a Novel" (Ecco), by David Koepp The story line in "Cold Storage" by David Koepp, the screenwriter for films including "Jurassic Park" and Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man," invokes classic...

"The Grammarians: a Novel" (Sarah Crichton Books/FSG), by Cathleen Schine Cathleen Schine's captivating new novel, "The Grammarians," centers on a pair of identical twins named Daphne and Laurel,...

Because I conduct research about reading, parents often ask me the same question: “What can I do to help my child become a better reader?”  I always give them the same advice:...

This autumn, some of the timeliest and most topical books will be found in the fiction section. From Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments," her sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale," to Lucy Ellmann's...