World of the Written Word

Barnes & Noble Announces Sale of its Interest in Calendar Club The bargains are proving irresistible, but this one must be a record. Ma...

BREAKING NEWS : Dominion Post Editor steps down to head NPA Tim Pankhurst has resigned as editor of the Dominion Post newspaper to become ...

The other day, when I was in a travel agent's office, I was fascinated to listen to her spelling my name on the phone: Delta, Romeo, Un...

Breaking news from NYTimes.on line is that Slumdog Millionaire won the top prize at the 81st annual Academy Awards ceremony, as well as aw...

In February last year Waterstone's picked 12 new writers, predicting their names would dominate the literary landscape for years to com...

My announcement of the UNESCO program to retrieve and save languishing languages -- vital because they are the special voice of the people -...

Back in the days when I was a freelance travel writer, it was a standing joke in our family that I could always sell a story about Sacrament...

Half of the 6,700 languages spoken today are in danger of disappearing before the century ends, a process that can be slowed only if urgent ...

Times Online reports that the identity of one of Europe's most notorious drivers has finally been pinned down. He racked up dozens of s...

Back when I was teaching at a girls' boarding school, I took all kinds of eccentric steps to foster a love of reading in my 13- and 14-y...