Local author R.B. Lemberg has won a World Fantasy Award —one of the most prestigious awards for science fiction, fantasy and ...

Times — and The Times — have changed since the first Festival of Books was held in 1996. What hasn’t is our commitment to this vibrant community of readers and writers, with the annual spring ritual ...

The best of this year's fiction features characters who, like so many, feel like they don't belong anywhere, even when ...

From Claire North’s new novel Slow Gods to a 10th anniversary edition of a brilliant Adrian Tchaikovsky book, there’s lots to ...

Two Wilmington writers are included in "the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction." ...

Portland author Kimberly King Parsons published her debut novel, “We Were the Universe,” last year. On Monday, her book took home the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction at the 2025 Oregon Book Awards ...

“The Best American Mystery and Suspense” is an anthology of the best North American mystery and thriller stories published in ...

Fan fiction — the creation of unsanctioned, unofficially published, new works usually based on popular novels or films — was intentionally never mainstream. There are the legal issues — copyright laws ...

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