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Lambeth’s Southbank Centre will host the third annual Black British Book Festival this October. Celebrating Black writers The Black British Book Festival exists to celebrate and promote Black literature, with...

John Naisbitt, a struggling business consultant and trend watcher who in 1982 hit it big with “Megatrends,” a book that galvanized a country just emerging from a gut-wrenching recession with...

A school, however benevolently conceived and humanely administered, is a place of authority, where the energies of the young are regulated, their imaginations pruned and trained into conformity. As such,...

For the past many years, Indian-born Australian actor, model, and social-media influencer Saloni Chopra has been using her voice and visibility to create awareness about intersectional feminism and body positivity...

The events begin next month and will build up to main events from 27 April to 15 May, but there will be events throughout the year, including with Ben Fogle...

The company, which is perhaps best known for publishing the Harry Potter series, said it had been boosted by strong demand for fantasy and sci-fi books. By Daniel Binns, business...

Camilla, the Queen Consort, is launching a literary festival. The event will be held this summer in partnership with her literature charity, The Queen's Reading Room, and held in the...

Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that we need to nurture a book-loving society, as books alone will help us define our identity and navigate into the future. Speaking...

By Emma Ruminski & Charlotte CoxBBC Spotlight16 June 2023Image caption, St Austell Festival of Children's Literature is taking place on SaturdayA head teacher has started a festival of children's literature...

Swallowing the reader into the disturbed world of Wilhelm von Tore, Orpheus Builds a Girl chronicles his experiments in post-mortem preservation culminating in a final act of devotion to his young...