Computer technology company Microsoft has launched its own publishing imprint with the aim of publishing non-fiction books by “Microsoftees” as well as writers outside of the business.

HarperNonFiction, an imprint of HarperCollins, has snapped up a book about "being a better ancestor" from anthropologist and 'long-termism' expert Ella Saltmarshe.

An executive order permitting Blacks to enlist in the Minnesota National Guard for the first time in the history of the state was signed by Governor Youngdahl. 1924 – 100 years ago The current ...

The 75th National Book Awards celebrated with a ceremony, comedy from Kate McKinnon and music from Jon Batiste. Percival ...

James is a retelling of Mark Twain’s Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Huck’s companion, an enslaved man named James. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Prominent author Richard Flanagan won the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, for his novel Question 7 and has ...

The original Seven Wonders of the World were a classical must-see list, complied some 2,200 years ago in a document known as the Laterculi Alexandrini – a ‘boastful guide book’ to the known world as ...

Every episode of Say Nothing, the FX/Hulu show based on the nonfiction book of the same name, ends with a disclaimer: “Gerry ...

USC professor Percival Everett wins the National Book Award for Fiction for 'James,' a retelling of 'Huckleberry Finn' from the character Jim's point of view.

Percival Everett won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday for his novel “James,” a propulsive and slyly funny retelling of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the ...

Kate McKinnon hosted the 2024 National Book Awards, which honored authors Percival Everett, Barbara Kingsolver, and Jason De León, among others.

The year’s best memoirs, biographies, history and more, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.