Literary festivals come to town and go, and for whatever reason you just couldn’t make it out to all you wanted to see this year. Fear not! Now the festival can come to you. Today is the first day of …
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The Truth About Youth and Books
Young people today just don’t read enough, right? If you’re under the age of 30, you’ve probably been accused of this at some point in your life. In fact, it seems that every upcoming generation is stereotyped as lazier than …
Some Pig, Some Book: Charlotte’s Web Turns 60
How E.B. White loved spiders before the rest of the world fell in love with his. Some children’s books are truly timeless. When you think of their titles, the very smell of their pages seems to seep from your memory, …
A Promising Payday, a Petulant Penguin
Lena Dunham scores with Random House while Penguin seeks repayment on book deals gone sour. If you’ve evaded living under a rock this past week, you’ve probably also heard about the bidding war over Lena Dunham’s forthcoming book of essays …
Ruh Roh, JK Rowling Upsets Middle England and Sikh Community
It seems that when beloved Harry Potter author JK Rowling departed Hogwarts with her latest novel, she strayed a little far from her adoring public, too. The new book, A Casual Vacancy, has been published for all of a week …
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Are You with the Banned?
Banned Books Week is currently celebrating its 36th anniversary! This year’s theme, “Banning Books Silences Stories,” is a reminder that everyone needs to speak out against the tide of censorship. Did you know that some of the best works of …
The Greatest Books of All Time
Is it possible to rank the world’s best literature? Well, no, and we’re certainly not going to try. Although in 2007, one publication did. Now we ask, did it get it right? The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books is …