Every time I get a recommendation request where one of the five recent reads contains a collection of short stories, I get extra excited because it means I may be able to recommend a book of short ...

Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Jim Ruland, a fiction writer, punk historian and a longtime contributor to the Los Angeles Times, and this summer I’ll be ...

We are a nation of storytellers - and if you ever needed proof, you need look no further than our short story writers.

The myth is this. Alaska is a big land, challenging its residents in big and heroic ways. The open country, extreme climate, abundant and sometimes dangerous wildlife, and geographical isolation from ...

LONDON (AP) — Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi won the International Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday for “Heart Lamp,” a collection of 12 short stories written over a period of ...

The Montreal author and two-time CBC Literary Prize winner discussed how the prizes have shaped her writing career. The CBC ...

Over the course of three instalments, Q&Q presents the titles we’re most excited about this spring. This week’s instalment ...

A central Iowa English professor’s debut collection of short stories is being released today and it’s an atypical collection since it reads more like a novel. Marc Dickinson, who teaches creative ...

Curtis Sittenfeld's new short story collection captures both the mess and the gifts of aging. And a new play hopes to start conversations about farmers and rural Iowans. Author Curtis Sittenfeld's new ...