Books

Joan had grown up with orderly, reliably predictable dogs. But this was a cairn terrier.

Laura Miller, whose beautifully written The Magician’s Book: A Skeptic’s Adventures in Narnia, explores the extraordinary literary qualities of Lewis’s creation.

How two academics and an ad man crafted a series of unreadable but profitable classics

Rinella’s newest book is American Buffalo, an offbeat take on the most iconic animal in his nation’s mythology.

J.K. Rowling’s ‘Tales of Beedle the Bard’ will bring millions to charity, and joy to booksellers

There was mass delirium as hordes of teen girls finally got to sit in the dark with their vampire

Three writers who are also fans—Hank Wagner, Christopher Golden and Stephen Bissette—have annotated, classified and admirably laid out Gaiman’s entire career and extraordinary influence in Prince of Stories (Fenn).

The Editor-in-Chief of Maclean’s was a bit ‘obsessive’ about the cover of his first book

A new photo-illustrated Bible features Angelina Jolie as one of God’s messengers

There’s a space-opera mystery, aliens, kung-fu fighting and even romance, not to mention the revenge of the prime-believers over the cultural relativists.