Sometimes, the lines are obscured in readers’ minds when choosing their next best read. When I think of the yesteryears of Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Homer, I know I was guaranteed an outstanding good novel, their stories’ plots infused with an inescapable marvel of exploration and high stakes. These days, the crowded…

Sometimes, the lines are obscured in readers’ minds when choosing their next best read. When I think of the yesteryears of Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Homer, I know I was guaranteed an outstanding good novel, their stories’ plots infused with an inescapable marvel of exploration and high stakes. These days, the crowded…

A question that we often receive as youth librarians is, “How do I encourage my child to read real books instead of graphic novels?” These questions usually come from well-intentioned parents and caregivers who want to ensure their children are reading proficiently and not falling behind developmentally. There can be a ton of pressure on…

An event held in Wuyi county of Jinhua city, East China’s Zhejiang province on Nov 20, 2023, focuses on the international promotion of Chinese children’s books by emerging writers. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] More than 120 guests from home and aboard gathered at a seminar titled “Inner Child’s World, The World’s Child” on Monday in…

It has been a banner year for Camilla Grudova. Her excellent debut novel Children of Paradise, about an eclectic group of rebellious cinema ushers, was longlisted for the Women’s prize for fiction. A few months later, she found a well-deserved spot among Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists class of 2023. The Coiled Serpent is…

Poland, rich with history, culture, and a landscape—from the mountains of the south to one of Europe’s last primeval forests—that begets good writing, has been an inspiration for countless renowned authors for centuries. As part of our Five Essential Reads series, our editorial team has selected five novels (well, four novels and an epic poem),…

I’ve always been a prolific reader. As a child I’d stuff my holiday suitcase with two dozen books, preferring to wear the same T-shirt for a fortnight than risk running out of reading material. These days I never leave home without two books: one to avoid the temptation to doom scroll, the other in case…

Scholars engaged in the collection, compilation and research of ancient Chinese classics and archives, as well as the digitization of ancient texts, listen to presentations at the forum. CHINA DAILY Forum on classic works boosts global academic research in field, Yang Yang reports. The first World University Forum on Ancient Chinese Classics and Archives was recently…