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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent special address to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, has sent geopolitics watchers and commentators into a tizzy. He did something political leaders seldom do: he delivered a mea culpa. 

Indian railways, as a social microcosm of the country, have long figured in reflections and commentary on India. They find their way into literary narratives of many kinds, and into screen portrayals too. In these tellings, the train carries a cross-section: class, region, habit, speech, and silence, held together in…

Queen tells reading campaign that listening counts too – and the publishing industry increasingly agrees

The ghosts of Lincoln in the Bardo return to confront a dying oil man’s destructive legacy – but this time they feel like a gimmick

The 85-year-old bestselling author’s final novel, Adam and Eve, will be published in English in October

The book reveals new insights into the psyche of a top Democrat who's widely seen as a likely contender for the party's presidential nomination in 2028.

As The Winds of Winter delay hits 15 years, is toxic fandom to blame? Game of Thrones fans' demands for perfection are stalling George R.R. Martin.

The OG heated rivalry is back.

'Babyteeth' is an achingly real coming of age story that'll have you weeping by the end.

In this larky autofiction, the ups and downs of creative life are cartoonishly dramatised as the writer becomes an action hero

As we have seen after Adelaide writers’ week, defending the right of people to speak, even when we deeply disagree with them, is very, very difficult