the Book Fair

Books, authors and readers: a day at the Lisbon Book Fair

In Lisbon, June is about more than the popular saints’ festivities: it is also the month when Parque Eduardo VII turns into the country’s biggest bookshop. Ninety-six years after its first edition in 1930, the Book Fair still draws huge crowds. We went to find out why.

Paris's Saint-Germain-des-Prés book fair returns

The Saint-Germain-des-Prés book fair is a literary rendez-vous at the famous Parisien café, Les Deux Magots. To the delight of book lovers, the event is returning for its third year, bringing a rich and modern programme to the Left Bank historical venue where Boris Vian, Jean-Paul Sartre and Ernest Hemingway once gathered. It's a new chapter in the neighbourhood's literary tradition, inspired by a bygone era.

Doha International Book Fair returns with record-breaking 35th edition

The Doha International Book Fair returns for its biggest edition yet, showcasing Qatar’s growing global influence through literature, publishing and cultural exchange. The fair features over 1,000 exhibitors from 40 countries, including 300 publishers from Qatar, and aims to promote cultural exchange and literary diversity. The event is expected to attract over 300,000 visitors and is a testament to Qatar’s commitment to promoting literature and culture.

The new bibliomaniacs

The new bibliomaniacs - May 28, 2026 - Kristine Roome Rare book collecting is booming as young people raised in the digital age seek tangible connections to the past. In 1947, booksellers from five countries – Denmark, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Sweden – gathered in Amsterdam ‘with the aim of establishing new hope for international peace through open markets, to foster friendship and understanding, and to counteract the animosity and suspicion engendered by the Second World...

Seven Books You’ll Never Outgrow

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Some books stay with us long after we first read them. Many endure because of their humor or imagination; others capture unnameable feelings that grow as we grow.

Blistering report exposes how national K-12 group's DEI agenda is trickling down to local schools

Blistering report exposes how national K-12 group's DEI agenda is trickling down to local schools

Seven Books That Will Change How You Listen to Music

Last February, I saw a concert that brought fresh meaning to the cliché “my soul left my body.” In a packed room at Radio City Music Hall, I sang the Swedish pop star Robyn’s hit “Dancing on My Own” along with her and the Talking Heads front man David Byrne, and genuinely felt as though I was floating outside of my own skin. If you’re lucky, you’ve experienced something similar, and know just as well as I do that the right song can unlock physical sensations that feel uncannily like magic.

Jef Raskin, the Visionary Behind the Mac (2013)

Jef Raskin founded the Macintosh project at Apple, which led to the development of the Apple Mac and the popularisation of the graphical user-interface. He was Apple employee #31 and left the Macintosh team in mid-1981 after Steve Jobs took over the project. Jason Walsh: Before the Mac you were a professor of music.

Chelsea Keep or Dump: How can Blues help Xabi Alon...

Chelsea are coming off a turbulent season that included three different coaches and a 10th-place finish in the table. It's the second time in the past four seasons that they've finished 10th or lower; in the 25 years before current ownership BlueCo took over, it had happened only once. They're also coming off the heaviest financial losses in English football history (more than $350 million) and having missed out on Europe, they will probably have to trim their squad.