It is a good question. Given the future’s opacity, why should we expect self-appointed futurists—all those jet-setting consultants, risk analysts and TED Talk presenters with their trend lines and ...

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When book lovers grabbed William Kent Krueger’s early novels because of Lee Child’s praise on the cover — “Krueger hits the sweet spot every time” — there was just one issue: Child hadn’t read the ...

Set sail on the journey of a lifetime, complete with cutthroat pirates, a treasure map and a courageous boy entangled in a dangerous swashbuckling expedition. A breathtaking yarn of piracy on the high ...

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Don Mattingly has decided to step away from his Blue Jays bench coach job, but not with the intention of retiring from baseball. Mattingly had been with the Blue Jays for three seasons and was ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

Don Bluth, who changed the landscape of animated films with his many great works from years past, made a rare appearance at an industry event to attend the world premiere of the documentary Don Bluth: ...

Upon its release in 1973, Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now, starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, became a commercially successful and creatively significant film that profoundly impacted ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. For this package, we’ve been asking authors and illustrators to discuss the decisions influencing a single page or ...