Since eternity, magic, sorcery, and supernatural objects have captured the human imagination. The ability to do things beyond our human capabilities fills us with awe and wonder. No wonder, even in ...

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A.J. Brown was seen pulling out a book on the Eagles' sideline during Sunday's game. The Eagles star says there's no message ...

Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms. Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Searches spiked after a viral debate on the representation of 'tawaifs' in media and literature. This word, meaning reserved or modest, reflected evolving conversations on gender and behaviour. Its ...

The expected decline in sales makes week-on-week comparisons hard to make, as even the most successful of books have seen a decline, while year-on-year comparisons are complicated by the phasing ...

The Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) urges Muslims to oppose calls for reban on Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' and adopt intellectual responses instead. IMSD recalled Sir Syed ...

In his time, he staunchly opposed Muslims who made a bonfire of books they did not like, or demanded its ban by the authorities. His advice was simple. Fight words with words if the book in question ...

There are some words that have captured our imaginations at the BBC during our reporting this year (Credit: Serenity Strull/ Getty Images) Here are some of our favourite words and phrases that the ...