The children’s novel, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl (1916–1990) combines the conventions of children’s fiction with a medieval morality play, in which obvious cases of vice are ...

The 2026 literary scene blends blockbuster bestsellers, revived classics, and niche genres gaining mainstream attention. Ernest Hemingway’s 'The Sun Also Rises' is being celebrated for its literary ...

Go into a bookshop. You are surrounded by classifications. Crime fiction, romance, science fiction, fantasy … These are the genres; they specialise. Crime fiction is a puzzle. Science fiction ...

(Lev Grossman writes about books here on Wednesdays. Subscribe to his RSS feed.) This post is by way of a reply to Arthur Krystal’s “Easy Writers,” a thoroughly thought-provoking piece about the ...

The debate between literary fiction and genre fiction is a long-standing one. Genre fiction is accused of being insignificant and shallow while literary fiction is called pretentious and boring. There ...

Literary agent Eric Smith of P.S. Literary represents young adult novels, genre blending literary fiction, nonfiction and other genres. Smith uses Twitter to make connections, and believes being an ...

Ranked the top writing university in the nation, the University of Iowa’s professors of English and creative writing offer a plethora of unique courses, tackling special topics both in the classroom ...

A week ago, writing about 62-year old Hilary Boyd's Thursdays in the Park (Quercus), I coined the term "gran lit". Hardly original, you will say, (no dispute there), but it caught on. Subsequently, ...