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
Apr 23 Future unclear for unpublished manuscript by Gabriel García Márquez By Anya van Wagtendonk When author Gabriel García Márquez died Apr. 17, he left behind a literary legacy that launched the magical realist style, drew international attention to Latin American artists, and garnered him a Nobel Prize and the admiration of world… Continue reading
Apr 06 Author and environmentalist Peter Matthiessen is dead at 86 By News Desk Award-winning author Peter Matthiessen died at his home on in Sagaponack, N.Y. of leukemia on Saturday. He was 86. Matthiessen was known as a novelist and non-fiction writer as well as for his work as an environmental activist and American… Continue reading
Mar 25 Teju Cole gives 'Lagos the upper hand' in his new novel By Ruth Tam Three years after novelist Teju Cole penned the highly acclaimed “Open City” about a young man’s meditation on post-9/11 New York, he returns with "Every Day Is for the Thief,” a reflection in words and photographs on the city of… Continue reading
Feb 13 What to do when the kids are stuck inside? Read one of these books By Victoria Fleischer With yet another winter storm pressing down on a large swath of the east coast this week, we thought it would be useful to share Kate DiCamillo's favorite children's books. Now these books are perfect any old day, but they're… Continue reading
Feb 05 Charlie Chaplin's only novel to see 'light' of day after six decades By Justin Scuiletti The world has known Charlie Chaplin the actor, director, composer and comedian. Soon, one will be able to experience Chaplin the novelist for the first time -- while getting a look inside the actor’s mind. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch Kate DiCamillo’s favorite children’s books for snow days We asked the new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature to recommend books. Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch Worldreader aims to eradicate global illiteracy by giving children e-readers Worldreader aims to eradicate global illiteracy by giving children e-readers… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Eleanor Catton reads from 'The Luminaries' Eleanor Catton reads from her award-winning novel, "The Luminaries."… Continue watching