The 18th Straits Forum • 3rd Cross-Strait Reading Conference opened in Fuzhou on July 2, bringing together nearly 200 representatives from publishing, the arts, academia and youth groups. Themed ...

In an age of information overload, reading remains a necessary channel to invigorate the mind, provide inspiration and cultivate virtue. Whether it is the childhood enlightenment or the pursuit of ...

You might have thought that bookcases would disappear from our homes in the digital age. Yet they are more fashionable than ever. They even seem to be becoming a sign of affluence in their own right, ...

Doris Lessing’s reaction to winning the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature included (after a rather inflamed exclamation of “Oh Christ!” when delivered the news) a reluctant acceptance coupled with a ...

Reading is the new sexy, books are back, and they’re printed, from bookstores. Over the past few years people have started shelving devices and reverted to turning pages. Social media’s full of it ...