At the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, publishers and authors spotlighted the surge in US book bans targeting works on LGBTQ+ and racial themes. With over 9,000 titles challenged in 2023, largely by ...

The publisher HarperCollins UK has said it removed “unverified” claims about First Lady Melania Trump from a recently published book and issued an apology. “HarperCollins UK recently published a book ...

PORTSMOUTH — The oldest continuously existing library in the city is holding its first book sale in nearly a decade on Oct. 12. Expect to see lots of 19th-century books weeded from the Portsmouth ...

Longmont Public Library is observing Banned Books Week with programs that support the freedom to read diverse texts and draw attention to efforts around the country to restrict access to certain books ...

On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.” As we interviewed children’s publishing professionals while compiling this list, ...

Former Beacon Press director Helene Atwan and a group of other industry members have formed Viva la Book Review, a new nonprofit organization which hopes to match book reviews—and reviewers—with local ...

No More Rulers has released Calder-isms, a new book that highlights the wit and wisdom of Alexander Calder, the American sculptor best known for inventing the “mobile.” Named by his friend Marcel ...

EVERETT — When Lyndsay Bryson moved from Spokane to Everett in 2022, she wondered how to go about making new friends. Her job as a dog trainer wasn’t yielding any human friendships. That winter, she ...

1. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine Books: $30) A story of friendship, love and adversity during the 1980s Space Shuttle program. 2. The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong (Penguin Press: ...

As summer revs up, here are three cool new novels, and a work of history that's wilder than fiction! Lucas Schaefer's debut novel, "The Slip," takes place in and around a boxing gym in Austin, Texas, ...

Former NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith has a book coming out in early August. And Daniel Kaplan of AwfulAnnouncing.com has gotten an advance PDF of Turf Wars. There’s some ...