In this passage from near the opening of Lake of Darkness, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, we are given an ...

Our columnist on the month’s most notable releases. Credit...Pablo Amargo Supported by By Sarah Weinman NIGHTSWIMMING (High Frequency Press, 322 pp., paperback, $19.95) made quite the impression ...

Manitoba politicians reached a deal to speed passage of a free trade bill Monday, hours before the legislature was to break for the summer. More than 30 other bills were also set to be approved on the ...

In “I’ll Tell You When I’m Home,” the Palestinian American writer Hala Alyan draws on her life experiences and her family’s multiple displacements across generations.

Protests have spread across the Muslim world over the publication in Europe of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The BBC News website looks at why the depictions have caused such offence. What does ...