Reading for pleasure

What questions should today’s writers and artists be asking? Responses from authors at the Hay Festival and the TLS

Take a good dollop of Victorian innovation, add a fistful of classics, season it liberally with creative genius and you’ll cook up the very British art of literary illustration. Carla Passino charts its history and discovers that it still thrives

Are you sitting comfortably? Good. Now, cast your mind back to the last time you had fun. No, not the stylised, curated-for-cachet, posted-to-socials-before-it’s-over kind, but the spontaneous, all-en

Browse Newsweek staff’s favorite books to read on vacation. There’s something for everyone

Whether you’re jetting off to a sun-soaked beach or enjoying a garden getaway, we’ve put together a list of books you’ll want to get your hands on

There’s plenty that we can be cheerful about in our hobby, as the five experts in their field we consulted happily reveal