The tension in the school hall was palpable and when the score was announced, the jubilation was pretty much straight out of a football stadium. What could possibly animate 12-year-old students so...

"This Tender Land: a Novel" (Atria Books), by William Kent Krueger Strands of the adventures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer on the Mississippi River echo throughout William Kent Krueger's lyrical,...

A book of letters by Ernesto Che Guevara is coming out in English in fall 2021. "Letters 1947-67" will be released in the United States by Seven Stories, the publisher announced Thursday, and...

"The Institute" (Scribner), by Stephen King The kids are all right again, in Stephen King's world. Not since part one of "It" or his short story "The Body," which became the "Stand by Me"...

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...