One thing I definitely did not expect to see news about today was an announcement that Johnny Depp plans to adapt the classic ...

To Kill a Mockingbird. 1984. Pride & Prejudice. Catch-22. Each of these novels is considered a timeless treasure, a piece of literature that impacted generations with its themes and social commentary.

Why classic characters feel more vivid than real people, and how their emotional depth, honesty and timeless tension shape ...

Ten years ago, the release of Easy A marked the end of a Hollywood trend – for adapting old books and plays into high school movies. Hanna Flint looks back at a cultural phenomenon. It’s been 10 years ...

AMES, Iowa – Generations of students have read Shakespeare and Hemingway for high school literature class and Jeanne Dyches, assistant professor in Iowa State University’s School of Education, would ...

Teachers at Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, Washington, voted in February to remove "To Kill a Mockingbird" from required reading material for ninth graders, while still allowing teachers to teach the ...

You can consume classic works of literature in 20-minute increments with this app. | Delmaine Donson/E+, iStock via Getty Images Some people who struggle to finish a novel may have no problem reading ...

A couple of weeks ago, the Norfolk Public Library held its annual book sale. Did I attend? Of course I did. Did I buy any books? Well, that’s a silly ...

Whether is books that are hundreds of years old, or they are from the last few decades, some amazing movies have been adaptions of the classics. Sometimes the movies play it fairly straightforward, ...

Alongside the reality of desperate people fleeing danger is a rich history of classic texts about characters seeking protection or new lives.