Ann Patchett, who owns a Nashville bookstore, has written numerous best sellers. She talks about her love of reading and how it inspires her writing ...

Because she moved around a lot as a child, best-selling author Ann Patchett said she was slow to learn to read, but she has made up for lost time. “I didn’t go to school all that much from ...

Writing and endurance sports make for an unlikely comparison, but it’s one that author Lauren Groff does poetically. Groff, a former collegiate athlete who runs, skis and plays tennis, likens writing ...

At the Feb. 10 event, Bush Hager was in conversation with Jessica Soffer, whose novel This Is a Love Story is the February ...

Dozens of new plays, musicals, concerts, art exhibits, dance pieces and more are being presented across the Sarasota area region in February ...

MEMOIR Memorial Days Geraldine Brooks Hachette, $32.99. Near the end of Geraldine Brooks’ superb novel, Horse, we witness the death of a significant character. It won’t spoil ...

Absolutely riveting” and “compelling.” “A must-read” and “a tour de force.” Blurbs, those haiku-length endorsements on every ...

Tom Lane by Ann Patchett: An engrossing, utterly convincing meditation on lifeOpens in new window ] The question of what makes a “good” audiobook narrator is a lot more complicated than it ...

Vancouver-based writer Minelle Mahtani speaks about her memoir, May It Have a Happy Ending, on The Next Chapter.

As conflicts intensify over what children should be taught, how medical decisions should be made and who has the authority to shape their identity, parental rights have taken on heightened ...