Two jurors withdrew from the Giller Prize in the weeks leading up to the book award's split with its lead sponsor Scotiabank, with one saying his writing community feels alienated by the literary ...

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The 1980s was a decade known for the birth of the last of Generation X and big-hair bands. It also produced some of the best ...

The new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature is a prolific, best-selling author of children’s books who hopes to use his 2-year term to promote the wonders of picture stories.

U.S. Department of Education ends Biden’s book ban hoax.”That headline from a recent press release by the federal agency has ...

My daughter-in-law gave them to me and, besides the fact that I am fool for native hydrangea, the words on the Sister Homage website read, “May you live from a place of abundance, beauty and grace.” I ...

Teaching Black history in early childhood and elementary classrooms can be a challenging task for educators. The subject is ...

A novelist and short-story writer, she devoted years to a nonfiction project examining of the lives of two eccentric authors ...

At the Jaipur Literature Festival, Sudha Murthy emphasized the importance of reading books over digital media for fostering imagination and knowledge. She also highlighted the evolving role of women ...

"Nine Irish Lives," edited by Mark Bailey, is the February 2025 selection for the IrishCentral Book Club. Each month, we will ...

In the UAE, where people of many different cultures and backgrounds reside, it is important to have themes in books that ...

She has bylines in The Atlantic, The Week, MSNBC, and PureWow, and she has written 33 nonfiction children's books for Scholastic, Klutz, and Nat Geo Kids. Once upon a time, she played Mrs. Claus ...