What does reading provide, and what are its perils? These recent memoirs and books about reading dive into this question in ...

Meanwhile an UnHerd op-ed last year argued that “the literary man is not dead”, positing that there exists a subculture of ...

Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world that, by most standards, can seem pointless and ...

Reading promises so much: better mental health, a sense of wellbeing, cultural and educational enrichment, even greater ...

IN an era dominated by digital media and rapidly advancing technology, reading printed books is increasingly viewed as a ...

Books seem obsolete. I’m not just talking about the printed book but also E-readers like Kindle. Books are slow, inefficient, and, far less visual than TV or movies. Articles are efficient and contain ...

It's no secret New Zealand is facing a literacy crisis. Education Minister Erica Stanford has voiced serious concerns about ...

If you grew up in the pre-internet era in a region where inclement weather during the winter months was the norm like I did, in a one TV household like I did, perhaps reading for pleasure became a ...