WRITENOW, PENGUIN'S campaign which aims to seek out, nurture and publish new writers from communities under-represented, is back.

Almost all of what is currently known about the first circumnavigation of the world, one of mankind’s greatest achievements, is from the writings of Antonio Pigafetta, a Venetian born explorer who ser ...

Long before the rhythmic clatter of printing presses echoed through Bengal, the story of its literature was written by ...

A survey of chemists’ attitudes to correcting errors in scientific publications shows most prefer to discuss them informally ...

Visitors at the 44th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) are getting a rare chance to see a piece of Islamic art history — a facsimile edition of a Quran manuscript written more than a thousand ...

In the field of paediatrics, the concept of normal (ie, typical)—in contrast to different, special, deviant, delayed, or ...

Researchers have deciphered a medieval Maya text, the Dresden Codex, revealing its sophisticated method for predicting solar ...

Under the spotlight at this BUDDS auction is memorabilia linked to King Edward VII, legendary horses, jockeys and a royal ...

Happy Book Lover's Day! Which happened on Nov. 1, but never mind, we can celebrate the entire month. There's not much better ...

A newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript featuring the Cat in the Hat and celebrating the United States will be published next ...

When editors visited the Dr. Seuss collection at UC San Diego, they were looking for something special: a work that could tie ...