7+ hour, 6+ min ago  (72+ words) The Jilting of Jane follows a young maid's emotional journey through love, betrayal, and recovery. When her fianc" abandons her for a more "refined" woman, Jane confronts heartbreak head-on, even disrupting his wedding. Blending humor and tragedy, the story explores…...

21+ hour, 6+ min ago  (214+ words) In its weekly look at books, Waterstones focuses on a novel abounding with quirky charm" The Expanded Earth is the first instalment of Mikey Please's masterful fantasy, which follows the travails of shrunken humans on an epic adventure. A strange…...

15+ hour, 57+ min ago  (244+ words) Updated on: 11 April 2026 3: 39 pm The book shows how caste hierarchies shape which animals are seen as sacred or impure. Films and literature use animals to reveal caste violence, humiliation, and resistance. Practices around meat, cows, and pigs reflect community identity,…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (177+ words) Updated on: 11 April, 2026 01: 14 PM IST &nbsp|&nbsp Mumbai Nandini Varma | theguide@mid-day. com In a new graphic novel adapted from his film, a city-based writer and filmmaker shows us a world that still treasures its proximity to nature Raju and…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (416+ words) Another Friday, another opportunity for gratitude. We at Lit Hub have been living to laugh and laughing to live. Two weeks ago, Drew Broussard went to see an author friend (Sam Rebelein) read a chunk of his new novel aloud…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (316+ words) Are you interested in creating a native habitat or have questions about your plants? Come meet experts from the Theodore Payne Foundation and the California Native Plant Society, along with Times staffers, at the L. A. Times Plants booth during The Times…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (253+ words) of the former in the latter eyedrops of cracked pepper seeds footprints in sand, cemented heaviness on belly or spine body heat on body heat metallic taste in mouth recalled perfume and odour the tears, salty residue when you let…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (885+ words) Could you really flood Lough Neagh - the UK's largest inland lake - to try to deal with the ecological crisis being caused by blue-green algae? It's what author Jan Carson examines in her new novel Few and Far Between, but the…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (351+ words) Back in another century, I did my high school senior project about cats in literature, which included some information from my veterinarian about cats" habits and care. We didn"t have Power Point or even computers back then, so I…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1265+ words) The poems in Aimee Nezhukumatathil's new book Night Owl offer a window into the magic of nature at night and a light in the darkness. She joins Host Jenni Doering to share selected poems from the collection and talk about…...