This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For Mara Wilson, who played the plucky schoolgirl heroine in the 1996 film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s “Matilda,” ...

As an avid reader – and an author, too – I’m disheartened by frequent reports of a decline in reading for pleasure among young people. So when a friend recently asked me whether her daughter was ...

FutureBook award-winning Spiracle Audiobooks is launching a campaign for funding on 1st October 2025 to “help write the next chapter of the platform”. The company says “Spiracle 2.0” will see an ...

Spotify is sweetening the deal by pairing Bound’s audio with its Follow Along feature, which will surface exclusive art designed by Hazelwood’s cover artist, Lilith, and Spotify’s art director, Jess ...

At Amazon's September devices event, I got a sneak peek at the first installment, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, ahead of the Nov. 4 premiere. Emily is an experienced reporter who covers ...

The byzantine world of artificial intelligence often looks, from the outside, like an arcane religion, one with its own priests and worshipers. Devotees give their lives over to the dictates of their ...

Every month, audiobook connoisseur Marshall Heyman listens to hours and hours of freshly published novels and nonfiction. He then recommends his favorite new titles, which often include juicy ...

Amazon has kicked off its Audible holiday promotion ahead of next week's Prime Big Deal Days sale. New Audible Premium Plus subscribers can get their first three months for 99 cents per month. The ...

Kamala Harris in her new memoir expresses reservations about transgender athletes competing on girls’ sports teams, echoing other national Democrats who have voiced a position long associated with ...

Ms. Bartz is a novelist and one of the named plaintiffs in the lawsuit Bartz v. Anthropic. In August 2023, alone in my studio apartment, I learned that my most precious possessions had been stolen.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X While viewers were expecting the series to wrap up after season 3, Han had a surprise up her ...