Reading and Writing

A must for readers and writers of thrillers: “A group of researchers at the Center for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University...

There “is money in books.” … “Don’t expect, however, to find explicit tips on spending, saving, and investing baked into the texts like mes...

“People do not read fiction or watch films as observers. Rather they are drawn to participate in the story, making it reality. This has seve...

"How come so many people in the world are drawn towards stories and plots that never even occurred!” "If we explore this dynamic ...

"Insomnia seems to be becoming increasingly common, and good sleep hygiene ... plus a basic understanding of the nature of sleep ... ca...

"literature is not isolated from the social and cultural framework in which it is set, but takes an active part in constructing it. Lit...

The "Liverpool-based charity The Reader Organisation ... seeks to bring about a "reading revolution" by encouraging people to...

Yet another study finds reading fiction makes us better persons: "During the act of reading engaging fiction, we can lose all sense of ...

Interviewer: The question of combining politics and fiction has engaged a good many critics, often drawing from them the notion that it...

"One of the attractions readers often cite as their explanation for their passion for books is the opportunity for escapism they offer....

"the popularity of a young adult novel ... satisfies a more covert, noble cause. It gets the twelve to eighteen year old crowd reading ...

"Politics or religion cannot unite, they only divide people. Only literature can act as a binding force... language may be regional but...

"I have been told that many schools have changed their core reading curriculum to include more modern commercial novels... I believe th...

Can reading fiction cut selfishness, stop growth of mass-shooting psychopaths? One thing appears certain: reading fiction gives rise to empa...

"The major problem with the new Common Core State Standards is that they further diminish something that is greatly undermined from the...

"Can people change their minds by reading fiction? There's not a lot of systematic research on how reading fiction changes people...

"Many critics, art aficionados and artists try to convince their audiences of the difference between the great works of literary import...

"Often, people discover reading at a young age. Beginning with colorful children's books, readers learn to appreciate stories and e...

Can't find a decent espionage thriller these days? Don't blame it on Perestroika. Blame it on not reading SpyWriter Jack King : ...

"If men read so little fiction, and so little of what they do read is written by women, does this account for some of what so many of u...