BOOKS

Hilary Mantel's cunning novel details Cromwell’s rise from blacksmith’s son to right-hand man of Henry VIII.

Titian Ramsey Peale II went to his grave in 1885 believing that his life’s greatest work would never be published. It finally has been.

The Human Library takes interactive storytelling to a whole new level.

It's not really about the Salem Witch Trials.

There's a tiny fellowship of people who know how difficult it is to sit in a room and read 'Infinite Jest' out loud.

When an author dies with their work unfinished, do we let it molder in vaults, stash it away in archives, or publish it for all the world to see—even if that’s not what the writer wanted?

This poignant tale about life and death on a farm is still one of the best selling children’s books of all time.

Author Kurt Vonnegut hated interviews, but when he did give them, his insights into writing were especially valuable, sage, and practical.

The awkward evening seems straight out of a Pynchon novel.

We've got the golden ticket to a treasure trove of facts about the Roald Dahl kid's classic, 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.'

The titular character’s name literally means Red-Bean Bread Man.

He was always on the lookout for new words, which he kept in a growing file on his computer.