Who is Tom Wolfe? Not to be confused with the other novelist Thomas Wolfe (You Can't Go Home Again). I have to admit I didn't know much about him, other than from an episode of the Simpson's

Atticus Fitch is a widowed father of two children; Jean Louis (Mary Badham) who goes by the nickname Scout is 6 years old and her brother Jeremy Atticus (Phillip Alford) who goes by the nick name Jem is 10 years old.

The Iris family lives in Johannesburg, Africa. Where you can "fall asleep with the faint roar of a lion or the laugh of a hyena coming across the lake." Their story takes place in the Spring of 1966 and is described through the eyes of the youngest member, twelve-year-old

This ad-free literary magazine was founded in 1974 by Sy Safransky and focuses on essays, interviews, fiction, and poetry as well as intriguing photos. The Sun produces twelve issues per year and offers yearly subscriptions

Last night at an awards dinner in Guildhall, London Banville was named the winner of the Man Booker Prize for his book The Sea. The Dublin author was shortlisted in 1989.

If you haven´t spent much time following book awards they are an excellent source for great reading lists. Here is a listing of books from The Pulitzer Prize for Novels/Fiction beginning in 1918

Novels, on average, have about 300 pages. At 250 words a page that would make a 75,000 word novel. Regardless of the abundance of words, it's the first few pages that determine a reader's interest in a story and whether they will

"Solitude was his natural element," says Paul Auster (author) in the one hour introduction "Hawthorne at Home" that gives tribute to Hawthorne"s writing life as well as a glimpse into his family and friendship with Herman Melville. The emphasis though is not

Amy Richmond and Scott Duncan buy an antique bookcase for their home in Baton Rouge from the Washington´s; along with it comes a little book on "Family Limitations" and the ghost of Raziela Nolan or Razi as she was known to her

The Book Prize is one of the most esteemed awards for authors. The judging panel for the 2005 Man Booker Prize for Fiction announced the longlist