The Jewish Book Festival always includes a Missouri’s Own event. This year, it is Monday, Nov. 2, and features four authors. They are an interesting group. Some now live far away and write about things with lots of national interest. But at…

A.S. Byatt

A.S. Byatt, whose new novel “The Children’s Book” went on sale in the United States this week, says that writers have a responsibility to real people.

The winner of Britain’s prestigious Man Booker Award for “Possession,” Byatt was a finalist…

Central library decorated for last year's gala.

Want a character in a book named after you?

You can buy chances as part of a fund-raiser for the St. Louis Public Library Foundation.

Each chance in the raffle is $25. Winners will get a character…

Speedy reader Harry Levins spent the day with Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol.” His review doesn’t divulge any secrets, unless you count the opening scene.

On the other hand, staying circumspect sure makes it hard to get into much about the book.…

Jon Hamm as Don Draper on AMC's "Mad Men"

When Don Draper of “Mad Men” was seen last season with a book by Frank O’Hara, readers started buzzing about how cool he was to read the New York poet’s work.

The way I remember…

John McGuire

Longtime Post-Dispatch reporter John McGuire died Tuesday. He had worked at the newspaper for 30 some years, taking a buyout in 2005. John was a friend to everyone and I was privileged to know him when he worked in the…

Missouri’s favorite author may have died a century ago, but he’ll be honored by community book groups in the next few months.

Five Missouri groups will receive government money to participate in Big Read events, the NEA announced Tuesday (June 23). Two in…

Kurt and Brenda Warner will be in St. Louis July 6 to sign copies of their book, “First Things First.”

The book, which carries the same name as their nonprofit, Christian foundation, will be about their marriage, “the values they are…

Holden Caufield, a unique character in American fiction, is protected by copyright, a judge apparently ruled on Wednesday (June 17). But although she  issued a restraining order against “60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye,” Judge Deborah Batts has not…

Post-Dispatch reviewer Harry Levins has read hundreds of British novels. But occasionally he still gets confused. Here’s a guest blog by Harry.

By Harry Levins

Do Briticisms bother you?
I look forward to reading books by British authors, because I think that by…