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London - According to a U.K. survey, the majority of young people prefer to read on a computer screen rather than a printed book or magazine.

In Western media, you don't often hear about Arundhati Roy. Understandably so, because she's an outspoken writer and activist concerning modern India as well as corporate control everywhere: a female version of Christopher Hitchens & Chris Hedges.

A teenager walks home late one night after missing the last bus, when on a lonely road he is run over by a drunk driver and killed.

The Kobo Glo is a great eReader and a great way to pack a lot of books for a week of reading in the dark — or in the bright tropical sun

Toronto - A decade in the making, Cambridge professor Andrew Preston's "Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy" (Knopf Canada), won the Charles Taylor Prize. The Announcement came during a luncheon at King Edward Hotel.

Savannah - At the conclusion of the 6th Annual Savannah Book Festival, best-selling author David Baldacci delighted a capacity crowd with funny stories about rejection notices, being detained as a 'person of interest', a boisterous fan, and more.

Karen Hueler's 'The Inner City' is a short story collection filled with tales that are as chilling as they are thought provoking.

Savannah - Author Heidi Squier Kraft sat down with Digital Journal after her presentation at the Savannah Book Festival and shared insights about combat stress, deployment to Iraq, and more from the perspective of a psychologist and mother.

Toronto - Nicholas Hoare, an iconic Toronto independent bookstore, will soon be closing its doors, jamming another nail in the coffin for book-lover havens. I, for one, will miss the character and warmth of Hoare.