Selecting books with characters and settings different from one's own life can broaden perspectives. By immersing oneself in ...

Listening to music can enhance our lives in all kinds of ways - many of us use it during exercise, to regulate our mood, or ...

Reading to children daily bolsters their language skills, vocabulary, and memory. It fosters a love for learning, enhances ...

The days of book reports and research projects are long over for most of us. There’s no required reading list for a gr ...

Experts say the "tl;dr" approach is impacting kids in more ways than one. According to a recent story in The Atlantic, ...

Booker Prize-winning author Alan Hollinghurst returns with Our Evenings, the darkly funny story of Dave Win, who, after winning a privately funded scholarship to his local boarding school, is thrust ...

When ex-US Marine Xavier Itty Cora realizes that the secret to resolving his personal troubles lies in the story of his ancestor, the scandalous, cunning pepper merchant Francis Itty Cora, he ...

Our Evenings is a work of such expansive, affecting brilliance and is a must for the Booker Prize next year (it is published outside of the dates to be considered for this year's award).

"I absolutely loved this. Like an Adam Kay for psychotherapy, Dr Natalie Cawley opens up the closed world of therapy so well, with humour, honesty and fascinating insights." Frankie Boyle At the ...

Parents may feel powerless to influence their children’s reading habits. But, in reality, they can dramatically impact kids’ ...

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