In between those New Year's Resolutions to eat healthier and exercise more, why not give your brain a bit of a workout too? Regular reading leads to positive impacts on your mental and emotional ...

Reading less means missing out on the brain-boosting benefits of books and more. (Photo illustration: Alex Cochran for Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) There’s something special, even magical, about ...

There's nothing like escaping into a good book but when life gets busy, reading is often one of the first things to be forgotten. Getting back into a reading stride can be tricky once you’re out of ...

Five years ago, I decided to try and manage my anxiety by swapping my smartphone for a book. It was lockdown at the time, and I found that starting the day by reading instead of scrolling left me ...

One of the easiest ways of convincing kids of the joy of reading is to read funny books. Funny books help instill a positive impression about books and reading, assist in diffusing the difficulties ...

If you really think about it, much of our self-image has a lot to do with what we are told by others as they judge and/or evaluate our behavior, appearance, abilities or lack thereof and so on. All of ...

In this op-ed, assoc. culture director P. Claire Dodson explores the glut of 2025 reading challenges and obsessive Letterboxd movie tracking and what they say about how we engage with art. In second ...

Over the almost 20 years of writing this column, I've had numerous requests for advice on how to get published in the children's book industry. Perhaps it's something you've wondered, too. This week ...