Emma Smith’s Portable Magic is a conversational meander through the use and abuse of books in history
Smith guides readers through almost six centuries in which the technology of the codex has remained relatively unchanged.
Despite positive sales of print books, Gallup reports Americans are reading less
Where publishing is concerned, every silver lining has a big rain cloud hovering directly behind it.
All horror is body horror: An introduction to a month of fear
The genre “specifically devoted to the arousal of bodily sensation” traffics in transgression and finds pleasure in the disreputable.
Woman returns overdue library book sixty-three years later; TPL to begin phasing out overdue fines
A library branch in Queens found a book in the mail with a due date of July 10, 1957.
Large, socially distanced crowd forms line to support S.W. Welch bookstore and other small businesses in Montreal’s Mile End
The protest arose in opposition to what is perceived as predatory rent evictions by powerful realtors and landlords.
On beginning the year with cautious optimism
Notwithstanding the real challenges last year presented, there is good reason to be hopeful about the robust longevity of the literary ecosystem.
“You don’t really believe what you read”: Stephen King on the attraction of horror fiction
Horror fiction provides a buffer against the ongoing stresses and upheavals of the real world.
The history of horror: What are the best books in the genre?
There are certain core texts that must appear on any list of the “best” horror novels ever written. Then what?
Tony Burgess on the most terrifying reading experience of his life
“I thought there were things this book could do to me that were dangerous.”
Most Canadians are readers, prefer print books according to BookNet Canada survey
A healthy majority of Canadians are readers, according to BookNet Canada, with preferences for mysteries and history books charting high.