Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own.

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In total, the Dune series spans about 16,000 years, making it a particularly difficult story to parse if you’re dipping in ...

Boston’s oldest film festival will run at the Somerville Theatre and other Davis Square venues from Feb. 12-17, with 10 feature-length and seven short sci-fi movie programs, along with panels and ...

Alex Haley was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer of the novel, Roots, which was based on his family's history of ...

Ludlow’s very own literary festival, Lit Bits, is a brand new weekend of words with a difference. Centring on play and ...

Disappearing bees provide part of the plot line in one of my favorite episodes of “Doctor Who.” “The Stolen Earth” is the 750th episode of the incredibly long-lived British science fiction tv ...

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Cory Doctorow talks about predicting the panic in corporate America, creating a ‘new good internet’ and why Donald Trump ...

The tales of Ghanada are as popular as the stories of Tenida. A quirky Bengali with sharp wit embarking on adventurous and humorous journeys — isn’t that the perfect concoction for an unputdownable ...

Pardon My French brings a screening of the cinematic adaptation of Timothee de Fombelle’s ‘Toby Lolness,’ which has been made ...

The British book publisher is set to release all six of Austen's classic novels with a bold and drastic new look next month ...