The Library of Congress has given Mac Barnett the job of promoting books and reading to kids across the country. His plan is ...

Renowned authors Tridip Suhurd, Vikas Swarup, and Upamanyu Chatterjee have their works shortlisted for the fourth Kalinga ...

Shavawn Simmons takes the fight against book bans personally, using her passion to fight censorship through literacy programs ...

The oldest existing bookshop in Kolkata has come down heavily on the city’s book fair, saying the “once-glorious” event now ...

If you’ve ever been curious about what makes a monster tick, or how Jewish stories have shaped the way we think about them, ...

The South Carolina Board of Education voted Tuesday to ban four books from all state schools. This decision has shocked some ...

Readers of all stripes are compelled by what they love (or hate) to take a crack at writing their own book; nonfiction writers build on the work of others to expand the literature of a field.

The narrator of the first story in “Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass,” a fantastical collection of interlinked stories by the mid-century Polish master Bruno Schulz, is in search of ...

The SM Book Nook Reading Festival, held on January 31, 2025, at the Book Nook in SM Aura, drew 500 book lovers of all ages ...

This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went to a middle-grade tale about a time traveler at the turn of the century.

This year’s fair stands out with its architecturally distinct stalls, moving beyond the conventional layouts of previous years ...

Picture book author Mac Barnett (who often works with illustrator Jon Klassen) has been named the Library of Congress' new ...