Books and Backroads stopped in Port Elgin to discuss 'Knife Party at the Hotel Europa' with the local book club.

As with most art forms, the label is somewhat malleable. When it comes down to it, though, it’s all about word count.

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the ...

In a world often dominated by doorstop-sized novels and sprawling sagas, there's a unique power in brevity. Some of the most profound and memorable stories aren't lengthy epics, but concise literary ...

Every time I get a recommendation request where one of the five recent reads contains a collection of short stories, I get extra excited because it means I may be able to recommend a book of short ...

The World With Its Mouth Open is a book of short stories from journalist-turned-author Zahid Rafiq. The collection showcases the precarious but ordinary lives of people in modern day Kashmir, a ...

To the Point: Short Novels Dominate International Booker Prize Nominees Only one of the 13 titles nominated for the prestigious award for fiction translated into English is more than 300 pages long.

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and ...

Appreciating poetry doesn't have to take a lot of time. As these moving short poems prove, you can work poetry into your daily life.

BAG TALES: First artists, now writers: the Lady Dior handbag continues to inspire creative types. French publisher Gallimard commissioned five French and three American authors to write short ...

Harvard University's Houghton Library, a rare book and manuscript depository, has inherited nearly 170 boxes of John Updike's papers, including rejected short stories, personal letters and revised ...

MANITOWOC – Local author Jim Lazarus recently published his fifth book, “Eight Stories,” which is a compilation of short stories and novellas. The varied fiction collection includes short ...