Andrew Polk, 26, teaches 10th-grade English in suburban Ohio, not far from where he grew up. As a high school student less ...

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Helen DeWitt’s description-defying new novel, Your Name Here, co-written with journalist Ilya Gridneff, has been decades in ...

Many people don’t want to read for fun when trying to wade through the sewer of information online. But try these great books ...

Children's Day, celebrated annually on November 14th in India to commemorate the birth anniversary of the nation's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, is a day dedicated to honoring the most ...

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. Pippa and Beth talk about some methods to improve the stories you tell in English. They look back at Georgie's story about a boy band and Neil's story ...

Freelance journalist and broadcaster, writing about music and the arts. We are a nation of storytellers - and if you ever needed proof, you need look no further than our short story writers. Despite ...

Harper Lee's best-known work, To Kill A Mockingbird, has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. Donald Uhrbrock via Getty Images In 1949, Harper Lee quit law school in Alabama and moved to New ...

For much of Harper Lee’s life, “To Kill a Mockingbird” stood alone as her only major work; her first and, apparently, last novel, narrated by a voice so clear and coherent it seemed impossible that it ...

The shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Awards with Cambridge University was announced on Thursday 11 September 2025, on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row, marking the 20th anniversary of the Award. The ...

Canadian author Margaret Atwood has released a new short story that takes aim at a book ban implemented in the Canadian province of Alberta. The satirical story's release comes after the esteemed ...

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Season 1 of “Long Story Short,” now streaming on Netflix. The adult animated sitcom “Long Story Short” begins with a family grieving the loss of a ...