The UK might not have a Monument Valley or a Manhattan skyline – but its quirky film backdrops could do more for tourism than ...

Last week, the Washington Post sparked a media kerfuffle when it reported that talk-show-host-turned-defense secretary Peter ...

There are no credible reports this incident happened. The claim originated from a satirical social media account run by a comedian.

In a provocative essay, a major publisher announced that its authors will no longer be required to solicit glowing reviews ...

These descriptions constitute what is popularly known as the book blurb: a short but effusive recommendation of the book from famous authors or, for later editions, from book reviewers. But a ...

Searing. Volatile. That’s how Sean Manning felt about the prattle on every second book cover. Even those he’d published, where a novel looked naked without such blurb cliches as uproarious ...

A “blurb” (also known as a “quote”) is an endorsement, often from another author, celebrity or public figure, which publishers include on the covers and inside pages of new books.

The “blurb” in this context does not mean the summary of the book on the back cover, as we know it here. Manning means puff quotes – endorsement quotes like “a gripping tour-de-force by a ...

A  book by UB scholar Collie Fulford on the writing lives of adult learners offers a look into the value they bring to an age ...