The fantasy and science fiction writer found her way into her invented worlds by making maps and then mentally exploring them.

The KUOW Book Club just finished reading Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum's novel "Elita." I'm your reading guide , Lunstrum joined ...

These new books deal with am unconventional alien invasion, a terraforming venture that’s gone terribly wrong, a society of ...

Harper Lee was 34 when she published To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960. The novel was an immediate hit, winning the Pulitzer ...

Sri Lankan author Vajra Chandrasekera’s second novel, Rakesfall, has won the 2025 Ursula K Le Guin Prize for Fiction, a ...

Sri Lankan writer Vajra Chandrasekera is the winner of the 2025 Ursula K Le Guin Prize for Fiction for his novel Rakesfall.

ONE of the most prolific science-fiction writers of the last century, Ursula K. Le Guin was revered for her inventive, ...

The Sri Lankan novelist behind Rakesfall writes about power, empire and imagination. His Le Guin Prize acceptance speech ...

One of the most prolific science-fiction writers of the last century, Ursula K. Le Guin was revered for her inventive, genre-defying novels. Exploring humanity through philosophy, gender, race and ...

His Dark Materials trilogy author Philip Pullman joins the conversation about a book that seems ready-made for Andy to dig ...

Shows to note include a survey of maps by Ursula K. Le Guin at London’s Architectural Association and the first U.S. exhibition dedicated to French architect Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc at the Bard ...

Prashanth Srivatsa, author of The Spice Gate, says he has gathered inspiration from celebrated Tamil author Perumal Murugan, American author Ursula K Le Guin, and British artist-writer Mervyn Peake in ...