The interest in reading books and the appreciation of English literature is at a nadir. This week it was revealed that only ...

Canterbury is a city steeped in history when it comes to english literature having been the birthplace of The Canterbury ...

Northern Irish pupils can choose to continue their English literature studies in their A Levels. Those who do will end up studying a wide range of books and plays - and plenty of poetry. A number of ...

Peter Ackroyd''s historical novel from 2003 blends historical fact and imaginative fiction to bring the turbulent London of ...

Chaucer’s Hosts Afabwaje Kurian for an in-store book talk and signing of her new release Before the Mango Ripens. Joining the author in conversation is Lisa Stewart. Description – Set against the ...

For a half-century now, Chaucer’s Books in Santa Barbara has not only survived but cemented itself as one of the city’s favorite places to get lost while browsing shelves for new reads, and this ...

Happily, there are a host of witty, satirical and downright hilarious books out there, waiting to put a smile back on our faces. From comic novels and memoirs, to essays and poetry, humour has filled ...

He has worked on some valuable books over the years, including a math primer used by George Washington; an early copy of Noah Webster’s dictionary; and a rare collection of Geoffrey Chaucer’s ...

Earlier this month, Geoffrey Hinton, the 76-year-old “Godfather of AI,” was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. Hinton’s seminal contributions to neural networks are credited with ushering ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Our recommended books this week include histories of corporate mismanagement and misbehavior in the 19th century (“Savings and ...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a book title worth? Not much, in the case of Geoffrey James’s coffee-table book Canadian Photographs. “Titles are always tricky, and this ...

A number of important pieces of literature, including Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, have been hit with such warnings in recent years. The University of Nottingham put the warning on ...