It’s become an all-too-familiar story: Earlier this year, the Washington Post put an end to Book World, its weekly book review supplement. “Books are expensive,” said bestselling author Jonathan Alter. “Readers need help to know what’s good out there.” Alter says Book World’s closure created a void: “Thirty years ago, there were 30 American newspapers…
Julia Donaldson’s stories have been filling children’s heads with wonder for decades. “When I’ve got a pencil in my hand, it’s like an electric current,” she said. “My brain can send the words down my arm onto the page.” Donaldson has sold more than 75 million books worldwide, and more in the U.K. than any…
It’s some 37 feet of rusted steel, peeling paint, and shattered glass. But even at rest, this 1939 International Harvester school bus, called “Furthur,” conjures a sense of motion. “Furthur really is a call to action,” said Kelly Harris, director of the Haight Street Art Center in San Francisco. “It reminds us to never stop…
A man was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel “The Satanic Verses.” A jury found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism. A message from The…
