Apr 25 2023: Ada Limón, who has been the U.S. Poet Laureate for a two-year term, has been given a second two-year term, marking the first time in history that a U.S. Poet Laureate has been given two two-year terms. Limón's second term runs from September 2023 to April 2025.
Apr 20 2023: A new PEN America report documents how state legislation across the country is driving an alarming spike in book bans in schools. The report, Banned in the USA: State Laws Supercharge Book Suppression in Schools, expands on two previous PEN America reports tracking ...
Apr 14 2023: Missouri’s Republican-led House voted to cut all funding for libraries in its version of the state’s annual budget, an unprecedented move that has angered librarians and patrons across the state who rely on the facilities for everything from books to educational ...
Apr 14 2023: The wizarding world of Harry Potter is to be brought to life in a new TV series starring a brand new cast.
The series will be based on author JK Rowling's books and will be produced over the course of a decade, with each series based on one of the seven books.
Apr 14 2023: April 11: After a federal judge ordered the return of more than a dozen books improperly pulled from the Llano County Public Library shelves for their content, the county's commissioners have called a special meeting for April 13 to discuss shutting the library down ...
Apr 13 2023: Anne Perry, author of more than 100 novels that have sold more than 26 million copies worldwide died on April 10. She was 84.
Her work included two suspense series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels. She also ...
Apr 10 2023: Of the numerous puzzles about William Shakespeare, those concerning his marriage to Anne Hathaway are the most tantalizing. Why did he have three children with her, then decamp to London for a life in the theater? What was their relationship really like? And why do we ...
Apr 03 2023: In a victory for the freedom to read, a federal judge in Austin, Tex., has found that a library board in Llano County likely infringed the constitutional rights of readers in the community by unilaterally removing books it deemed inappropriate. The judge has issued a ...
The House on Biscayne Bay
by Chanel Cleeton
As death stalks a gothic mansion in Miami, the lives of two women intertwine as the past and present collide.
The Flower Sisters
by Michelle Collins Anderson
From the new Fannie Flagg of the Ozarks, a richly-woven story of family, forgiveness, and reinvention.
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
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