A fantasy novel is reimagining Welsh mythology for a new generation of young readers. The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire by ...

The science fiction and fantasy author Martha Wells recommends her favorite novels that will transport you to other worlds.

The irony of all this is that chemophobia has roots in the heart of the modern environmental movement. On Sept. 27, 1962, biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, a book that would ...

The resulting mythology took hold of the nation a generation later and persists — which is why a presidential candidate can suggest, as Michele Bachmann did in 2011, that slavery was somehow pro ...

With Greek mythology at the core of all her writing, the YA author has opened a Pandora’s box with her new novel, A Beautiful Evil.

Greek mythology’s Hecabe (Hecuba) and Polyxena by Merry-Joseph Blondel.Credit: Merry-Joseph Blondel (France, Paris, 1781-1853), Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. Ancient Greek mythology is one of the ...

Storymix Books, the new indie publishing imprint from Storymix Studio, is crowdfunding for “a joyful reinvention of the Santa myth that features a Black British grandfather at the heart of the ...

Drawing on folklore traditions from around the world, these thrilling and entertaining books put fresh spins on classic tales. By Kalyani Saxena Kalyani Saxena is a reporter and critic covering ...

'Baby brain' is a myth - I've never read more books since giving birth. People say you'll never pick up a novel again - but is that because we disapprove of mums having lives outside their children?

I n 1990, The Guinness Book of World Records retired the highest-IQ category, conceding that no definitive ranking was possible, given the limitations of and the variation among the available tests.

The Myth of Good AI: A Manifesto for Critical Artificial Intelligence is published by Manchester University Press as the inaugural book of “AI Futures”, a new book series edited by Professor ...