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...

“In genre fiction, it’s not like that. People usually begin their careers by having their writing rejected by their undergrad creative wri...

“A recently lecturing Englishman is reported to have noted the unenviable primacy of the United States among countries where the struggle ...

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

“Ten reasons why reading good books is a key to success: * Reading good books has the side effect of inducing feelings of optimism, peace...

Publishers and literary agents do not always know better. Here are some books / writers that almost did not become published: “Not only d...

Books… “Like any powerful tool, while it is considered to be the key to changing our lives by some, others may consider it to be a weapon o...

"Sadly, now, publishing is almost entirely a matter of profitability, meaning that if you want to publish something that is immediately...

“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...

“In American legal discourse, empathy is often portrayed as less respectable than Satan. Judges are presented as elements in the vast econom...

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...

“In all the academic fluff that is thrown at us when high-brow people start blabbing about the importance of reading, this is never mentione...

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

What happens when students watch movie adaptations of literary works? “Increasingly in contemporary [...]  schooling, great store is place...

The “fundamental conflict of our times is not the clash between two civilisations, but doctrines-religious and ethnic fundamentalism on the ...

"When we read a thrilling-but-predictable bestseller, “the text sort of grabs us and takes us on a roller-coaster ride,” “and we all so...

“When the Britains and America are fused into one book market; when it is recognized that letters, which as to their material and their aim ...

"We should question the authenticity of exotic locales that have been tailored to suit American appetites.” … “Americans are famously ...