This week also brings a National Book Award finalist from Bryan Washington and a Booker finalist from Andrew Miller.

The prolific novelist’s correspondence, collected for the first time, trace a life of literary brilliance, turbulent loves and everyday pleasures. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. If there’s a scene that best encapsulates the tragically abbreviated career of John Candy, it’s not necessarily ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook HBO is making a significant investment in its television adaptation of the Harry Potter saga, ...

His clever, melancholic mind produced some of the most enduring heroes in spy fiction. Here are his best books. Credit...Photo by Tom Jamieson for The New York Times Supported by By Sam Adler-Bell The ...

Click here for the original audio and to read a book excerpt. More than 350,000 American kids are now wards of the state, meaning the government has assumed the parental role for these foster children ...

John Lithgow’s first look as Professor Albus Dumbledore in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series has sparked a wave of fan reactions online. Recently spotted filming on an English beach, the actor was ...

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We talk to musician Liam St. John about his song, "Man of the North," the title track off his latest album. Life can take a lot. (SOUNDBITE OF LIAM ST. JOHN SONG, "MAN OF THE NORTH") ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The main idea behind HBO Max’s upcoming Harry Potter TV show is that the series can be a more ...

Keira Knightley has apologised and admitted she was not aware of a Harry Potter boycott over trans issues after being cast in an audiobook for the wizard franchise. The actress, 40, will voice the ...

HBO's Harry Potter is currently shooting in Cornwall, England, and The Crown star John Lithgow has been spotted in full costume, beard and all, as the Wizarding World's new Professor Albus Dumbledore.