Leisure hour, literature and the ladies

The concept of women relaxing was alien to most of us growing up. Every time we turned around to catch a glimpse of our mothers and aunts, supposedly at their leisure hour, their hands were always busy — making pickles, knitting, handpicking...

Larry Charles to Discuss Comedy Samurai at Brentwood’s Diesel: A Bookstore

Emmy-Winner and Original Seinfeld Writer Will Sign His New Memoir Acclaimed comedy writer and director Larry Charles will appear at Diesel: A Bookstore in Brentwood on Thursday, Sept. 4, to discuss and sign his new memoir Comedy Samurai: Forty...

Georgia Bookstore Celebrated as One of the South’s Best for Literary Community and Culture

GEORGIA — A long-standing Georgia bookstore has been recognized by Southern Living as one of the South’s most essential stops for book lovers — not just for its shelves, but for its cultural significance and decades of impact on the region’s...

Today’s obituary: Sharon Tompkins, 79, was a community activist; opened area’s first feminist bookstore

“What this town needs is a good women’s bookstore,” Chris Ingraham complained to Sharon Tompkins in the summer of 1975. Ingraham was tired of reading enticing book reviews in Ms. Magazine then being unable to find them in any local bookshops. If...

ARTS AND HUMANITIES: Aiken featured in the literature of the Gilded Age

When readers meet her at the beginning of the novel, Lily is 29-years-old and conscious of the fact that spinsterhood is just around the corner if she doesn’t make a concerted effort to find a suitable mate. Maintenance of her place in the upper...

‘I must be blessed’: Offbeat SLC bookstore narrowly escaped blaze that destroyed its neighbors

As flames raced through Salt Lake City businesses Monday night, it approached an especially vulnerable target: The towering piles of used books that fill Utah Book & Magazine, a quirky fixture on Main Street for more than half a century. With just...

Schools, bookstores across China prepare textbooks for upcoming new semester

A staff member sorts out textbooks for the upcoming new semester at a warehouse in Shijiazhuang City, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 16, 2025. Schools and bookstores across the country are getting textbooks ready for the upcoming new semester....

LETTER: Anti-Semetic literature not welcome here

Anti-Semetic literature not welcome here To the person who tossed a flyer onto my driveway Tuesday morning, while I honor your 1st amendment rights, I do not care to receive your anti-Semitic literature. Your efforts to spread hate in my...

Make literature interesting by radiating unique interpretation

A boy reading a book in the library. [Getty Images] In days gone, creative works of art like songs, narratives, poems, riddles and proverbs were passed down through spoken word around fireplaces, village arenas and social gatherings. Then, as now,...

Iron Rails Co. used bookstore opens on Main Street in Falls Creek

FALLS CREEK — Iron Rails Co., a used bookstore also focused on art and community, is now open at 100 Main St. in Falls Creek. For the Waughs, reading runs in the family. Ever since they can remember, Owners Danielle and Harley Waugh of Falls Creek...

What is the best bookstore in Georgia? See what Southern Living says

A beloved Georgia bookstore has received a national spotlight, earning a spot on Southern Living's list of “7 Bookstores Every Book Lover Should Visit, According to Southern Authors." The Southern Living list highlights standout independent...

‘Youth Literature Festival’ marks Independence Day celebrations

Rich tributes paid to armed forces for laying sacrifices in defence of Motherland In line with nationwide Independence festivities, the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) organized a special celebration to commemorate 78th Independence Day. The...

NEPA Philharmonic's performance aims to spark children's interest in music and literature

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) — The Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic visited the Lackawanna County Children's Library on Friday to treat families to a special performance titled Once Upon an Orchestra. The event featured a live reading of...

How Partition & Fate Led 2 Refugees To Find Love & Build Delhi’s Iconic Bahrisons Bookstore

“But every night, without fail, after shutting the bookshop, he would stop at India Gate and buy flowers for my hair on his way back to the camp. He would present me with a jasmine gajra, and I would sleep with it tied in my hair, and in the...

[ eBook ] Fashion Retailers’ Secrets to On-Site and Off-Site Ecommerce Success

Fashion ecommerce is evolving faster than ever. Today’s shoppers bounce between search engines, marketplaces, social feeds, and brand websites in seconds. To meet them where they are—and move them closer to purchase—fashion retailers must...

How the digital age is rewriting Pakistani literature

NOT too long ago, a manuscript’s journey from a writer’s desk to a reader’s hands felt like a marathon. Weeks, sometimes years, could pass between finishing a piece and seeing it in print. You sent it to publishers, endured edits and hoped it...

'Youth fully capable of carrying forward light of literature'

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) Chairperson Dr Najeeba Arif has said that the youth were fully capable of carrying forward the light of literature. In an interview with APP on Friday, she said the two-day second "Nasl-e-No Adabi Mela...

Pacific Northwest sees surge in bookstores dedicated to romance novels

Romance is no longer just on the page—it's turning into a movement in the Pacific Northwest, with a surge in romance-exclusive bookstores and a community of readers and writers reshaping how the genre is seen. TACOMA, Wash. - Romance is no longer...

Carrollton has bookstore cats and all that

If you are out and about on the square, don’t be tempted to take home the local paws-itive celebrities from Horton’s Books & Gifts. Horton’s is home to four bookstore cats: Poe, Dante, Savannah and Magic. And they make the entire square a part of...

Romance Bookstores on the Rise in Puget Sound