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Nobel Prize in literature goes to South Korea's Han Kang for ‘intense poetic prose'
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.”
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Storytime just got more interesting: Ms. Rachel's books are here!
“The book uses the same techniques as the show to encourage speech and 20 milestones, all through a playful story!”
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What is Banned Books Week?
Banned Books Week started in 1982 and draws attention to censorship.
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Banned Books Week begins with reports showing challenges both up and down
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.
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Edna O'Brien, Irish literary giant who wrote ‘The Country Girls, dies at 93
Edna O’Brien has died at age 93. She was one of the world’s most admired and controversial writers who scandalized her native Ireland with her debut novel, “The Country Girls,” which was censored and even burned.
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This biographer exchanged emails with Bernie Madoff from prison for a decade. Here's what he learned
Richard Behar’s new biography, “Madoff: The Final Word,” takes readers into the fraudster’s final years in prison, and all that came before.
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Here's where kids and teens can get freebies for completing their summer reading
Schools out but that doesn’t mean the pages have to stop turning. Here are some incentives to get your young ones to keep reading this summer.
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Barnes and Noble launches free summer book program
Barnes and Nobles announced Tuesday that any child in grades 1 through 6 who reads at least eight books over the summer can receive a free book from a participating store.
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Malcolm Gladwell takes fresh look at societal trends in ‘Revenge of the Tipping Point'
Malcolm Gladwell’s “Revenge Of the Tipping Point” will be published Oct. 1
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Read This: ‘The Waltham Murders'
Susan Zalkind, author of “The Waltham Murders,” talks to Sue O’Connell about her book which she says covers a brutal triple homicide in Waltham, Massachusetts, that occurred in September 2011, eighteen months before the Boston Marathon bombings. Zalkind says marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was best friends with one of the victims and claims he is ultimately responsible for those unsolved...
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Banned Book Club's May pick
Each month, the Banned Book Club chooses a new read and May’s pick is Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner.” The immediate past president of the Association for Library Service to Children, Amy Koester, tells us about the book. ...
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Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92
Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors, has died at age 92.
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Paul Auster, prolific and experimental man of letters and filmmaker, dies at 77
Author Paul Auster has died at age 77. Auster was a prolific, prize-winning man of letters and filmmaker known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as “The New York Trilogy” and “4 3 2 1.” Auster’s death was confirmed Wednesday by his literary representatives. Auster completed more than 30 books, translated into dozens of languages. He never achieved major commercial...
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Founder of Get Konnected Colette Phillips on her new book & upcoming event
Founder of Get Konnected! Colette Phillips recently came out with the book, “The Includers.” She visits the studio to discuss the conversations around leadership and connection with others, in addition to her upcoming event.
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Book ban attempts reached historic high last year, library association says
The association says that 4,240 individual book titles were targeted for removal from schools and public libraries — a sharp increase from the previous high of 2,571 in 2022.
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Local libraries struggle with soaring costs of e-books — and they only lease them
Libraries across the U.S. are struggling to cover the cost of e-books, which have grown in popularity.
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Congratulations, today is your day: A free book giveaway to honor Dr. Seuss' birthday
Babies born this coming Saturday could get a birthday present featuring a guy who knows how to have fun — The Cat in the Hat.
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A scholar discovers stories and poems possibly written by Louisa May Alcott under a pseudonym
The author of “Little Women” may have been even more productive than previously thought. A Northeastern University postdoctoral teaching associate believes he found work that Louisa May Alcott wrote under several pseudonyms for local newspapers in Massachusetts. Some of the 20 or so stories and poems found were also written under Alcott’s own name. One story written under the pseudonym...
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Illustrated edition of first ‘Hunger Games' novel to come out Oct. 1
A new edition of “The Hunger Games,” the first novel in Suzanne Collins’ dystopian series set in the North American land of Panem, will include words and pictures.