PROFILE NAOMI WOLF Naomi Wolf‘s The Beauty Myth became an international best seller in the ’90s,  launching a new wave of feminism. Author, social critic, and political activist, Wolf became a consultant to Al Gore during his presidential campaign, and she regularly writes for...

One of the biggest break-throughs in book publishing is a debut novel set in a Southern plantation that was published two and a half years ago. Being compared to The Help, The Kitchen House made little impact when it came out in 2010, but pushed by a book club groundswell it has now shot up...

The Fifty Shades of Grey erotic trilogy has taken the worldwide women’s book market by storm. Expected to hit the 20 million sales mark in the US this week, the series has already sold 31 million worldwide in the English-speaking market, making the E. L. James‘ New York Times...

Katherine Losse rose through the ranks of Facebook, from customer support to Mark Zuckerberg‘s ghostwriter, and now she is causing a stir with her book, The Boy Kings: A Journey into the Heart of the Social Network. Video courtesy of Digits, WSJ.com. To read more, click on WSJ. THE...

Lawrence Schiller is one of the last few photographers alive to have photographed Marilyn Monroe. Not since collaborating with Norman Mailer on the 1973 book Marilyn: A Biography has his work on the star been shown as extensively as now, in both the exhibition and book launch of Marilyn...

Alexandra Alter, WSJ Books and Culture reporter, talks with Maria Semple about her forthcoming novel, Where’d You Go, Bernadette. Bernadette Fox is a vexed mother and wife of a Microsoft guru, living in Seattle, who disappears. Taking shots at self-righteous private school mothers and...

Since its inauguration in 2006, L’Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton has produced and exhibited the work of 150 visual artists, architects, designers, photographers, video artists and theatre designers. L’Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton Landscapes of Contemporary Creation is a...

Louis Vuitton’s Architecture & Interiors reveals the architectural works and interior design within Louis Vuitton’s stores around the world. Pre-book a copy from www.rizzoliusa.com and www.amazon before its worldwide release in October. The Pulse is produced by LdC Media The...

Hamburg Kennedy Photographs is a private advisory service dealing in contemporary and photographic arts in New York City. HK also publish photography and contemporary art books and are usually only open to the public by appointment, but if you log on and join www.fab.com, you can pick up some...

  Good news for budding authors. Following on the success of the Kindle, Amazon is planning to compete with major book publishers by launching its own publishing house. Instead of  fighting the might of large publishers or taking the self-publishing  route, the move will give more choice...

Bob Dylan has signed a six book deal to include two follow-up volumes to his 2004 autobiography, Chronicles, and another is rumoured to be based on material from his  US Sirius/XM radio show. The works are expected to be released through Simon & Schuster.   The Pulse is produced...

Las Ventanas, in Los Cabos, Mexico, is one of the world’s most luxurious and innovative resorts. Breaking away from traditional hotel set-ups, private check-ins replace a front desk, the Department of Romance makes guests’ romantic dreams come true, and poolside butlers...