According to the crime writer Ian Rankin, there is no need for crime novels to be longer than 300 pages – big books, he says, ...

In this introduction to our collection of Jordanian writing, guest editor Addie Leak details the country's diverse culture ...

North Carolina author Grey Wolfe LaJoie’s experimental debut collection of stories and musings “Little Ones” centers on the experiences of animals, children and other beings that life seems to have ...

Abigail Chachkes ’25 recently won the Cyrilly Abels Short Story Prize for her short story "Do It Again", inspired by a 16th-century saint starving herself from religious devotion.

The launch of a book about the late literary figure is one of the highlights of Cork International Short Story Festival ...

In “Riding Like the Wind,” Iris Jamahl Dunkle recounts Babb’s adventurous life and makes the case for her neglected books.

The Irish, who gained their independence almost three decades before Israel, have singularly failed to revive their native ...

Syed Waliullah’s (1922-1971) debut novel Lal Shalu drew significant attention upon its release but faced mixed reviews, ...

The novelist and short-story writer, who died Monday at ninety-six, contributed to The New Yorker for more than six decades.

South Africa’s Nadia Davids recently won the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story “Bridling”, published ...

A farmer describes what Sukkos was like for his family when they immigrated from Russia and didn’t even have a house yet.

Han Kang, South Korea's first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, was slow to global acclaim, getting her first big ...