Some of the most famous books we love today were once rejected by publishers. They were considered too different, ...

The book is truly Aotearoa's own Watership Down, appealing to both the young and their parents. Like Richard Adam's book, ...

For World Book Day, we explore 9 literary locations in the UK behind beloved children's stories, from The Lion, the Witch and ...

Delving into the literary archives reveals a fascinating variety of authors whose works once resonated within the walls of ...

What’s all this self-indulgent nostalgia got to do with this month’s walk? Well, the former sand and gravel pits south of Chelford (particularly Lapwing Hall Lake, now a nature reserve) are one of the ...

Richard Adams' fiction Watership Down was King's third most favourite book followed by Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter. Set aboard a German-bound passenger ship in the late 1930s ...

I recently interviewed Ken Johnson of Wahkiakum West for our fourth installment of Reader's Fave. This casual chat allows a ...

“Something changed her mind. She watched the Watership Down footage and read the book. It’s a quest story, about finding a new home. There was something she saw in it. She went and composed a ...