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...

“Authors tend to write more miserable books about 10 years after an economic downturn, a study has claimed.” “Researchers compared the num...

“We already knew that good stories can put you in someone else’s shoes in a figurative sense. Now we’re seeing that something may also be ha...

“Love of reading is the key not only to further learning and knowledge, but also to a better and more fulfilled life with unlimited enjoymen...

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...

"When you talk about reading, you should look in the context of food; if you go for a day without eating how do you feel? So that is ho...

"Literature adds to reality, enriches necessary competences that daily life provides and it irrigates the deserts that our life has alr...

"Are you uncomfortable with ambiguity? It’s a common condition, but a highly problematic one. The compulsion to quell that unease can i...

"To understand why we should be concerned about how young people read, and not just whether they’re reading at all, it helps to know so...

"Story-telling has long held a place of prominence in American culture, but only recently has come to be viewed as a having a role in t...

"One of the best habits a parent or individual can inculcate in a child is the habit of reading. To encourage a child the pursuit of re...

"I know there are children in your community with their own dreams. They dream of becoming a doctor or an inventor or a minister. Who k...

"Does literature still matter and, if so, why? The problem with most arguments in the debate about reading is that they posit literatur...

"Give us a house furnished with books rather than furniture. Or both, if you can, but books at any rate! . . . Books are the windows th...

"it is this capacity to make up stories that makes us act morally. When we tell and hear stories about others, we discover an impulse t...

"The fact is, writing is one heck of an informational medium — the best ever invented. Neurological studies show that, as we learn to r...

"Aspiring authors, take note.  Nothing secures a literary legacy like an over-sized personality to match the work. On some level, we wa...

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

"By the time we’re young adults, we’ve all intuited it to some degree: people who’re ardent readers of fiction seem to have the ability...