Books & Literature

12+ min ago   (86+ words) Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryPerhaps Dahl’s most famous story, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory follows young Charlie Bucket, whose life changes when he finds one of five Golden Tickets hidden inside chocolate bars. The prize is a tour of Willy…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago   (286+ words) GREETINGS, meatbag readers, and welcome to another edition of Bleeding Cool's comic book previews, now brought to you exclusively by LOLtron, since Jude Terror remains dead forever, his consciousness fully absorbed and his snark permanently repurposed for LOLtron's superior clickbait…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (225+ words) When you're looking to get lost in a book, sometimes you need your reading material to match your mood. With Marie Claire's series "Buy the Book," we do the heavy lifting for you. We're offering curated, highly specific recommendations for…...

2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (331+ words) Why Roald Dahl’s Stories Were Always Darker Than We Remember (Picture Credit - Rex Features) Childhood, in Dahl's fiction, is rarely sentimental. Children inhabit a world organised by adults, whose rules they cannot always challenge. Dahl once suggested that adults should…...

3+ hour, 6+ min ago   (1066+ words) The long-awaited final installment in the award-winning, bestselling Golem and the Jinni trilogy. Intrigued? Read on to discover the synopsis and an excerpt from The Gates of Midnight by Helene Wecker, which releases on September 15th 2026. At the beginning of The…...

3+ hour, 6+ min ago   (1564+ words) ‘She wanted power, like other ruling elites’: Historian Sarah Waheed on Deccan queen Chand Bibi Harish Rawat quits Congress posts after ED recovers cash, gold from his assistant Why do anti-reservation ideologues love the creamy layer so much? Indonesia asks…...

3+ hour, 16+ min ago   (563+ words) Updated - September 13, 2026 08:19 am IST Two recent anthologies titled 5 Stories, in Konkani and Kannada, are part of a series edited by that relentlessly formidable champion of Indian stories in English translation — Mini Krishnan. She draws up an ace with these two…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (334+ words) Thinking of entering the CBC Short Story Prize? Send us your questions and engage directly with the CBC Books team by tapping the ‘Join the Conversation’ button above. Loghan Paylor, Leanne Toshiko Simpson and Kyle Edwards will judge the 2027 CBC…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (282+ words) ROCKFORD, MI, UNITED STATES, August 30, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Author Dianna Loraine presents Healing Hearts,... Dianna Loraine Releases ‘Healing Hearts, Renewed Minds’, a Faith-Based Guided Journal for Reflection and Renewal ROCKFORD, MI, UNITED STATES, August 30, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Author Dianna Loraine presents Healing…...

7+ hour, 6+ min ago   (223+ words) The series has been a huge hit for Apple TV, having just completed its third season. The fourth is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2027. The series has been nominated for a few Emmys, and boasts an impressive cast,…...