Chris Cleave's book "Little Bee" is buzzing in the literary world with praise - and secrecy. The novel is shaded by one horrific event on Nigeria's oil fields that changes the lives of its characters ...

Thousands are fleeing strife-torn regions of Africa and the Middle East for Europe by dangerous (and sometimes fatal) boat crossings. Such are the recent headlines reflecting the latest humanitarian ...

Founded in 2014 as a children’s imprint of Bonnier Publishing USA, Manhattan-based Little Bee Books is dedicated to publishing “creative and fun books for busy little bees.” Its parent company is a ...

With the possible exception of U2, as noted by the title character in Chris Cleave’s novel “Little Bee,” there’s not much in arts and culture that everybody likes. That includes literature, which ...

In Chris Cleave’s sophomore novel, “Little Bee,” resilience is not something inherent. It is something earned, something cultured by both daily tedium and gaping loss. It is something that two women – ...

Kofi Annan, former head of the United Nations, urged the world to “celebrate the extraordinary courage and contributions of refugees past and present.” In Chris Cleave’s book “Little Bee,” a plucky ...

A violent incident on a Nigerian beach has tragic echoes in posh London in Cleave’s beautifully staged if haphazardly plotted debut novel. British couple Andrew O’Rourke and his wife, Sarah, are on ...