Books and literature

Staffers at Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco’s City Lights Books and The Nook in Cedar Falls, Iowa, are among 600 booksellers receiving $500 holiday bonuses from James Patterson.

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law to prohibit book bans in the state and enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

Foster a love for literacy with engaging stories from Mamabear Books.

Learn and expand your manners knowledge with this amazing reading list from the Fort Worth Public Library! This list is perfect for young children who are learning how to say please and thank you. To apply for a free Fort Worth Public Library card, click HERE. Any student currently attending pre-K through 12th grade at any formally recognized educational institution…

Kamala Harris and breakout star Chappell Roan were among the year’s most talked-about people. Their names were also among the most mispronounced.

Oxford University Press has named “brain rot” its word of the year.

Award-winning author TJ Klune (“The House in the Cerulean Sea”) on when he felt able to quit his day job and when he first felt like he’d made it as a writer.

Motivational speaker and breast cancer survivor, Karla Baptiste, shares more about her inspiring memoir.

Learn the heartwarming true story behind the children’s book, Wylie Find a Dinosaur.

A years-long project for one Dallas art teacher was inspired by her students. Her class collaborated on children’s book about op art pioneer Bridget Riley. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker has the story.

November is Native American Heritage Month, a time to honor the original Indigenous people of America. Take a look at the Native American Heritage Month reading list from our partners at the Fort Worth Public Library and check out a book for your children. The book list below includes 87 books that can be borrowed for FREE in the Fort…

We sit down with Jade the Judge author and Dallas County judge, Shequitta Kelly Joubert, to learn the story behind this inspiring new children’s book.

Children’s book author, Bryan Smith, shares how he’s sharing important life lessons through his stories.  

The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang for what the Nobel committee called her “intense poetic prose.”

Author of My Soul is Not for Sale, Dr. Nicole Bradford, discusses the importance of authenticity and resilience.

Author and Emmy-award winning journalist, Janet Zappala, shares how she’s encouraging kindness, patience and compassion through her latest children’s book.

Lawyers for a Texas county that wants to keep 17 books off its library shelves went before 18 federal appeals court judges in New Orleans to argue their case.

“The book uses the same techniques as the show to encourage speech and 20 milestones, all through a playful story!”

Banned Books Week started in 1982 and draws attention to censorship.

Two new reports provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide.