Books

The bestselling author on what new data reveals about America’s steep decline in reading for pleasure.

Cher explains why she has finally written her memoir and who it's for.

Stephen Shames' photography offers a radically new and candid picture of the militant black power organisation.

What happens to our brains when we learn to read Braille?

The African town of Chinguetti is home to a large collection of forgotten ancient books. 

As the world goes digital, paper might seem increasingly obsolete – but it is anything but.

In the digital age, the beautiful and ancient art of hand-binding books is under threat.

When Elizabeth Day had a miscarriage, it was the words in a book from 1936 that helped her through it.

Lisa Appignanesi describes how reading fiction helped her deal with bereavement.

When author Michael Rosen lost his son, he found inspiration to write again in a poem by Raymond Carver.

How a love of reading helped one woman recover from anorexia.

One retired teacher is spreading the joy of books using his tiny mobile library.

Nanie Guanlao turned his home into a library for his community in Manila.

Step inside the world’s largest surviving chained library.

One man and his loyal donkeys spreading the joy of books in Colombia.