Jul 15 Watch How an unlikely group changed the face of the FBI, retold in 'The Burglary' By PBS News Hour In “The Burglary,” author Betty Medsger tells the story of a group of burglars in 1971 who stole files from a small FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania -- a theft that provided evidence of wide scale surveillance of U.S. citizens. Continue watching
Jul 14 Nobel Prize-winning South African author Nadine Gordimer dies at 90 By Margaret Myers Nadine Gordimer, a South African Nobel Prize-winning author who wrote about the oppression in her country during the apartheid era, has died at the age of 90. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch Library of Congress restores Thomas Jefferson's literary legacy By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 03 Watch Finding empowerment in the words of our founding fathers By PBS News Hour We have lost something in our reading of the Declaration of Independence. This is the argument of Danielle Allen’s new book, “Our Declaration,” where she explores the document through a careful look at the words themselves. Jeffrey Brown talks to… Continue watching
Jul 03 Rebuilding Thomas Jefferson's library By Anne Azzi Davenport Jeffrey Brown visits the Library of Congress to explore what rebuilding Thomas Jefferson's vast book collection can teach us about the very roots of the United States. Continue reading
Jun 24 When it comes to reading to your child, new report says start early By Kyla Calvert Mason According to a policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics published this week, pediatricians should tell parents of young children about the importance of reading to their child everyday, starting in infancy and continuing until the child is at… Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch At Book Expo, publishers and authors confront changing industry By PBS News Hour The online revolution has disrupted the traditional bookselling business over time. From the publishing industry’s annual trade show, Jeffrey Brown reports on how authors and publishers are adapting to new platforms, small startups are pushing their titles and independent bookstores… Continue watching
Jun 06 Digital revolution threatens American literature, says best-selling author James Patterson By Frank Carlson Despite having authored dozens of best-selling titles, James Patterson is very worried about the present and future of books in America, as the publishing world continues to grapple with the tectonic shifts brought about by the advent of ebooks and… Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch At Book Expo, publishers and authors confront changing industry By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 12 Study determines teens spend less time reading By Dave Sloan Common Sense Media, a San Francisco Non-Profit organization, <a href="">released a new study Monday determining a steep decline in the amount of time teens and young children are committing to reading for pleasure. Continue reading