A strong sense of place can deeply influence a story, and in some cases, the setting can even feel like a character itself. This week’s literary geography quiz highlights the homes or other favorite ...

Saying that a specific person “coined” a new word is often a fairly tricky fact to verify, not least because someone’s work containing the earliest written record of a word doesn’t necessarily mean ...

British author Martin Amis, best known for the 1984 novel, “Money,” and 1989’s “London Fields,” has died, his publisher Penguin Books UK announced Saturday. He was 73. “(Amis) leaves a towering legacy ...

A new book collects paintings and photos of some of the most familiar names in English literary history. Beatrix Potter painted by Delmar Banner, 1938.Credit...Delmar Banner/National Portrait Gallery ...

LONDON (AP) — Jilly Cooper, the bestselling British author known for her chronicles of class and sex in risqué novels, including "Rivals" and "Riders," has died unexpectedly, her agent and family said ...

English Literature student Dyuthi Pramoth adapted to German academic culture in just one semester while pursuing a second ...

Black books by British authors remain underrepresented in England’s book market despite efforts at increasing equity from figures in publishing. Publishing in the U.K. is undergoing a continuation of ...