In 2005, Gillian Tett wrote her colleagues at the Financial Times a memo arguing that the paper should devote more time to covering those submerged parts of the ‘Financial Iceberg’, such ...
It’s been a great year for African writing, with Tanzania’s Abdulrazak Gurnah winning the 2021 Nobel prize for Literature. South Africa’s Damon Galgut lifted the Man Booker Prize for his ...
Americans are spreading their book consumption across several formats. The share of adults who have read print books in the past 12 months still outpaces the share using other forms, but ...
On the second episode of the World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast, we're joined by Turkish-British author Elif Shafak.
On the inaugural episode of the World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast, we're joined by organisational psychologist and bestselling author Adam Grant.
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As the tumult of 2020 continues into 2021, people are looking for illumination. How is COVID-19 reshaping supply chains, and what can we learn from the vaccine rollout? What will work loo...
Want to hear from the world's best authors on how and why they write? The Book Club podcast from the World Economic Forum is the pace to go - bringing readers one-of-a-kind conversations ...
We all love a good story. Narratives are a powerful communication tool and, used in the right way, can bridge divides.
As the summer winds to a close and COVID surges again, I can’t think of a better distraction than some brain candy. Here are my top choices from the new idea books for August and September:
Book sales in Sweden hit an all-time high in the first half of 2021 as people travelled less and entertained themselves at home more than usual during the pandemic, setting the industry u...
A book is a must, as you head off to visit family and friends, or take time off during the summer to unwind. A good book can bring in new thinking and perspective from the past. And it ca...
When Oxford academic Dr Kira Allmann began volunteering at a library, she did not imagine it would result in a report calling for urgent government support for libraries to address deep d...
Pages of research have been dedicated to the link between reading and wellbeing. Just six minutes spent with a book each day is said to reduce stress levels by 68%, while non-readers are ...
In 2020, Barack Obama published the first volume of his Presidential memoirs, A Promised Land. It’s a book that charms every bit as much as it surprises, revealing the former US president...
