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If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately — and frankly, even if you haven’t — you’ve probably heard stories about books being challenged and outright banned across the country. Unfortunately, this is nothing new. Censorship of reading material dates back to at least the 17th century in America …

Jan Pieńkowski, the beloved illustrator and author of more than 140 children’s books, has died aged 85. Pieńkowski, whose work included the pop-up books Meg and Mog, lived with Alzheimer’s disease. Francesca Dow, managing director of Penguin Random House Children’s Books, confirmed he died on Saturday morning. Pieńkowski’s work is …

Charter Books and the Jane Pickens Theater present: Dana Stevens, Slate film critic and author of Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the dawn of cinema and the invention of the 20th century. On Thursday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m., Dana Stevens discusses her new biography of Buster Keaton, followed by a …

Charter Books and the Jane Pickens Theater present: Dana Stevens, Slate film critic and author of Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the dawn of cinema and the invention of the 20th century. On Thursday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m., Dana Stevens discusses her new biography of Buster Keaton, followed by a …

“We should learn to live with water, not keep it away” – Bonnie Tsui We stand at the edge, toes curled around the bulbous sidewalk, wave as we pull on a cap, adjust our goggles for a satisfying seal, brush the cold from our arms. Then we surrender to each …

Lose yourself in the pages of these western books recommended by the THIS crew. Here has THIS, we take reading seriously. Take a peek inside each office at our head office and you‘You’ll find a shelf (or two) lined with literary wonders. So putting together our favorite Western books for …

2022 might just be the time I manage to keep a New Year’s resolution. This year, I’m reading books by lesbian and bisexual women. I won’t say “only”, because that implies a limitation. In fact, I can imagine few things more liberating and delightful than a year spent eating on …

If you love books, authors, and smart recommendations for things to read or give as gifts, Book Pages, our new weekly newsletter for Southern California readers, gives you all that and more. I read the same book every night for years, its repetition becoming almost meditative even as it put …

Left Bank Books welcomes bestselling and award-winning author Kekla Magoon to discuss her new book Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People, on our Facebook Live page at 1:00 p.m. CT on January 11. Magoon will be in conversation with Left Bank Books. Cliff Helm …

02 December 2021 – 16:02 GMT Grace Lindsay Are you looking for a book on menopause and all its symptoms? Get the best tips and guides from Liz Earle to Andrea McLean, Amanda Thebe and Mariella Fostrup and Alice Smellie. Finally, the conversation around menopause begins to open. Not only …

Over the past two years, conservative lawmakers and activists have desperately attempted to overhaul America’s violent and discriminatory history by attacking teachers and school administrators who think their students should know about it. In states across the country, conservatives are trying to remove and ban the books educators use to …

A wave of complaints primarily about the sexual content in the books in the Des Moines area public school library caused, for most observers, a few nods, but not much to say about it. ‘other. Districts tend to have good processes for sorting out these things. And “How young is …

Windmills, clogs and Dutch franchise; as a country you can only be known for so many things. The culture of the Netherlands, however, is not as flat as its landscape. If you want to get a feel for its culture, the folks at Regina Coeli recommend that you read books. …

The ‘summer toboggan’ is the tendency for children to lose their academic skills during the long, sunny, warmer months when school is closed. A lot of parents I know (including me!) Feel lucky if their kids have made any kind of academic progress during this crazy year. So the idea …

Pandemic lockdowns have prompted people to embrace reading as a safe form of recreation and a great way to keep children engaged and learning. According to NPD BookScan, sales of printed books increased 8.2% in 2020 compared to 2019. But, if you are an author who wants to compete in …

During the pandemic, many children saw their worlds shrink and their lives shrink. At the same time, many will have witnessed a wave of mutual aid based on reflection on the needs of others: a sort of collective act of taking perspective. These two factors bring empathy to the fore …

“Short stories are tiny windows to other worlds and other minds and dreams. These are trips you can take to the other side of the universe while still being back in time for dinner, ”famed author Neil Gaiman once wrote in M is for magic, his collection of poems and …

JULIE MITCHELL In the age of smartphones and tablets, I often feel that the pleasure of reading a real book is lost, especially among young people. Back in the days when we could eat in restaurants and fly on airplanes, I saw a lot of kids having fun on phones …

UPDATE 4/12/2020: Burbank Unified School District Superintendent Matt Hill recently issued a statement outlining his reasoning for banning five classic texts from the district’s mandatory reading lists. Books will be allowed in class libraries, but no student may be required to read them. The NCAC is disappointed with the district’s …

Reading books boosts our knowledge but not only. Books also entertain and relax our minds as we leave the hustle and bustle of our usual lives to enter the virtual worlds of our favorite authors. Reading a well-written book will help our own English skills which are of great importance …

Classical literature is usually not on a leisure reader’s list. Classics tend to conjure up views of dusty tomes, inaccessible texts, or mere ornaments in an ersatz library. Mention to someone you read moby cock, Brave New World, or some other renowned classic and you are sure to lament their …

When most people think of literary classics, they think of trudging through The scarlet letter in high school English class. And when most people think of graphic novels or comic books, they think of super-powered men wearing leggings as pants. But classic literature is much more than just a collection …

Almost everyone who considers themselves literate, or simply wishes to be, has one or more books that haunt them, the classic they haven’t read. Some take this book on vacation, a seemingly foolproof way to browse, and never crack the cover. Others keep an ever-growing list of books they feel …

A few years ago, a list of popular books was circulating online with this subtitle: “The BBC thinks most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books below. How many have you read? The list was not actually published by the BBC, but was probably inspired by the …

Judging by the reactions to the rising stars of Zoe Suggs and Alfie Deyes, vlogs are the end of civilization as we know it and – like Zoella’s ghost-written novel – they certainly have no place in Literature. But the fresh-faced teens and twenties don’t just vlog about their own …