We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E.

Celebrate National Storytelling Week with this variety of story writing activities for KS1 and KS2. They will help to inspire a love of story creation and storytelling. These activities allow pupils ...

Patrick Rothfuss’ landmark book series is still missing an ending. But that doesn’t mean we can’t rank everything he's ...

This award-winning work of nonfiction is part memoir of an undocumented woman and part reported piece on the lives of ...

But in a busy, chronically online world, any number of books read is something to be proud of. Need a short book to cap off ... “Open Water” is a love story between two young adults, a ...

When Judith Barrington reflects on her latest book, “Virginia’s Apple: Collected Memoirs,” she thinks of it as daring, revealing, loving and most of all, historic. The book’s 14 short memoirs, most of ...

If you dream of becoming a published author, now might be your chance. The Toronto Star Short Story Contest is one of the largest and longest-running short story contests in North America and the call ...

In Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’s fictional short story, “Minimum Payment Due,” the main character is trapped in credit card debt and ...