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David Walliams: ‘Children have a billion things they would rather be looking at than a book’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoI was once a reluctant reader. It wasn’t that I hated books, it was that I loved watching...
2 top Penguin Random House editors are leaving amid ongoing changes at publishing house
WRBL Columbus· 4 days agoNEW YORK (AP) — Two top editors at Penguin Random House are leaving as the country’s leading trading publisher continues to transform during a period of uncertain revenues and generational ch…
‘A sense of calm’: Amy Tan’s writing and illustrations soar in new book about birds
U-T San Diego· 6 days agoMost of the drawings in Amy Tan’s unusual and rewarding new book, “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,”...
Independent booksellers continued to expand in 2023, with more than 200 new stores opening
seattlepi.com· 1 day agoThree years ago, Erin Decker was a middle school librarian in Kissimmee, Florida, increasingly...
Another View | The Columbian: More Americans reaping benefits of reading
The Daily News· 7 days agoMaybe it’s the rain, which keeps many of us indoors for months out of the year. Or perhaps it’s the...
Caleb Carr, military historian and author of bestselling novel 'The Alienist,' dies at 68
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 3 hours agoThis undated self portrait made available by Little Brown publisher, shows author Caleb Carr and his...
Robert St. John’s Top 25 Cookbooks
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 3 days agoThe Mississippi restaurateur says each of the cookbooks has a personal connection to him in some aspect. My Regional Emmy Award sits next to a personalized bowling ball signed by Jeff “The Dude ...
‘Election interference by Hollywood elites’: Donald Trump’s war on The Apprentice
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThis particular film, entitled The Apprentice, was one that that he had invested millions in, via...
Everyone Wants a Piece of Kafka, a Writer Who Refused to Be Claimed
New York Times· 2 days agoIn his novella “The Prague Orgy,” Philip Roth has a Czech writer say: “When I studied Kafka, the...
My father kept secret his mother's deathbed apology. It stopped me cold
Newsweek· 5 days agoMy father lived a long life, much longer than he ever thought he would. A family history of heart...