The Irish city, once home to the likes of James Joyce and Oscar Wilde, is known for its bookstores, libraries and pubs, where writers found inspiration over pints of Guinness. Read more
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If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart from other manuscripts of the same period by the quality of its artwork and the sheer number of illustrations that run throughout the 680 pages of the book.” The work not only attracts scholars, but almost a million visitors to Dublin every year. Read more
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Many of these properties allow book lovers to sleep in the same suites where famous authors once stayed or resided. Others offer guests a chance to explore the historic corners that inspired the settings of best-selling novels. Travelers have long followed in the footsteps of artistic luminaries, but curling up in the same cozy nook where your favorite author penned their magnum opus takes literary travel to a whole new level. Read more
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Seven writers and editors discuss what they love most about this faithful companion of grammar nerds everywhere. Read more
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Other people can be baffling; these titles attempt to unravel a bit of their mystery. Read more
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A would-be burglar in Rome was caught after stopping to read a book on Greek mythology in the middle of a theft, Italian media reports. Read more
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From Covid misinformation to the JFK assassination, these compelling reads explore how conspiracies seduce believers Read more
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The new novel from Taffy Brodesser-Akner has all the makings of a great TV show, so it’s no wonder an adaptation is already in the works. Is the entertainment industry’s enthusiasm for snapping up novels having an impact on writers? Read more
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A welcome, fresh translation of an overlooked classic, a superb novel of (bad) manners. Read more
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In the beginning, it was just for boys. Originating in the late nineteenth century as a popular, morally instructive piece of entertainment for preteen males, the sports novel has had a long, slow climb to respectability. Ever since it began to encroach on more elevated terrain in the middle of the twentieth century, the genre has maintained an uneasy relationship with the higher claims of literature. With its cast of larger-than-life characters, its central place in the lives of so many fans, and its mirroring of the world beyond the field, the sports universe is a rich site of inquiry for the receptive novelist. Yet the novel of athletics has only sporadically taken advantage of these possibilities. Now a wide range of writers have picked up the thread again, employing a dizzying array of stylistic and thematic approaches that have gone a long way toward refreshing the genre. Read more
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