May 19 2023: Dr Emily Zobel Marshall, in a new essay for The Conversation, has called for wider acknowledgment of the debt Beatrix Potter owed to the Brer Rabbit stories told by enslaved Africans working on American plantations...
Copies of Harris’s Brer Rabbit folktale ...
May 19 2023: Salman Rushdie has made his first public appearance since he was stabbed and lost sight in one eye after being attacked at a literary event, joking that it was "nice to be back – as opposed to not being back, which was also an option."
Rushdie was a surprise attendee...
May 18 2023: The Little Free Library (LFL) has announced the winners of the fifth annual Todd H. Bol Awards for Outstanding Achievement, all of whom "embody LFL’s mission to build community, inspire readers and expand book access for all," the nonprofit organization said in a ...
May 17 2023: As books are banned in thousands of schools, school libraries, and public libraries, bookstores and others are fighting back. Shelf Awareness lists some of the inspiring ways this is taking place...
May 17 2023: In response to a troubling wave of book bans, PEN America, Penguin Random House, a group of authors, and a group of parents have filed a federal lawsuit against a Florida school district over the "unconstitutional" removal of books from school libraries.
The suit, ...
May 09 2023: The 2023 Pulitzer Prize-winners have been announced.
Barbara Kingsolver and Hernan Diaz share the Fiction Prize for their novels Demon Copperhead and Trust.
Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power by Jefferson Cowie wins the History Prize, ...
May 06 2023: Few American writers sell as many books, live better or worry more than Dean Koontz.
“There are days that you think, ‘I can’t do this anymore,’” says Koontz, 77, author of more than 110 books that have sold over 500 million copies in 38 languages. “Of all the writers...
Apr 29 2023: The long-awaited film adaptation of Judy Blume's novel Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret opened in theaters yesterday and is getting glowing reviews. Rotten Tomatoes' compilation of critics' reviews gives it a 99% positive rating; and audience reviews on the same ...
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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