The 25th of May is Towel Day, an annual tribute to the late author Douglas Adams (1952-2001). In celebration  of that day, here is an infographic on the proper use of a towel. Do you know where [Read More ...]

Ray Bradbury's seminal work, Fahrenheit 451, is taught in school's across the US, but how much do you know about it. Did you know Ray Bradbury wrote the novel in 9 days on a rented typewriter? I [Read More ...]

The Harry Potter series may be finished (or more accurately, on hiatus) but the fun doesn't have to end. The following infographic details eleven locations you can visit which were used in the Harry [Read More ...]

It may surprise you, but many authors have chosen to publish under a pen name. Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, JK Rowling publishes her mystery novels as Robert Galbraith, Isaac [Read More ...]

Authors have been predicting the future in their books since Jules Verne wrote In the Year 2889. Few predictions have come true (although  EM Forster's The Machine Stops is scarily accurate), but [Read More ...]

Children's books are often filled with mischief and mayhem, and of course naughty children. The kids in adult literature can be a whole lot naughtier and sometimes even pure evil. The following [Read More ...]

How many characters can a book have before you start to lose track? The book recommendation site Love Reading has released an infographic that lists 15 books with increasing casts of characters. [Read More ...]

It was a dark and stormy night ... The first sentence of a novel is often the only chance an author has to make the first impression, and the very best books will keep the reader hooked from the [Read More ...]

For reasons both poetic and pragmatic, the tree has historically been the designer’s go-to inspiration for mapping relationships. In the infographic below, Finish-Swedish illustrator Minna Sundberg [Read More ...]

In today’s world people have less and less time for reading, and that’s why we have seen the growing popularity of short reads: novellas, short stories, flash fiction, or longform journalism. [Read More ...]

The English language is rich and beautiful, and all parts of speech are aimed to make this language better, brighter and full of meaning. An adverb is a very important part of English speech: it is [Read More ...]

Sometimes we use tricks to avoid reading a book, but when we're not shirking the activity of reading it pays to read closely and get as much detail as possible. The following infographic can help [Read More ...]

With Star Wars setting records at the box office, and with the latest SW movie loved by many, now is the time for the true fans to really drive everyone mad by adopting Yoda's unique speaking style. [Read More ...]