Naomi S. DeBerry: TIME’s Girls of the Year List
When Naomi S. DeBerry learned her father, Jarvis DeBerry, needed a kidney transplant, she was only 6 years…
Hawke PM by David Day review – a portrait of a vicious drunk and womaniser who mostly mended his wicked ways | Biography books
The second instalment of David Day’s biography of Bob Hawke, which chronicles the public and private lives of…
The varied, and perhaps unexpected, free offerings at the library
Janelle Powell and her husband went to their local library branch for an electric saw and grabbed a…
1000Libraries Announces 2025 World’s Most Successful Book Destinations Following Record Global Survey
New York, New York–(Newsfile Corp. – August 14, 2025) – 1000Libraries has officially unveiled the winners of the…
What Amelia Bedelia can tell us about childhood
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Mourn not the dearth – if not the death – of the book review
The Associated Press has decided to stop its weekly book review section from September. “Unfortunately, the audience for…
More and more books are being banned. SoCal libraries find a solution
There were 10,000 instances of book bans at public schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to PEN…
New York Times bestselling author’s new novel recalls origami cranes she received as a kid
Evelyn Skye’s grandparents used to visit their family in California every year from Taiwan, bringing a box full…
‘How to Read a Book’ and ‘Abundance’ top local lists
FICTION Hardcover 1. “How to Read a Book,” by Monica Wood (Mariner)2. “This Here is Love,” by Princess…
On male reading habits, some novel ideas
Do men prefer nonfiction — and could this be why? Allow me to offer one possible reason men…
Memphis Flyer | Corey Mesler Releases Three New Books of Poetry
Support the Memphis Flyer The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly…
Simone de Beauvoir’s travel diary — if Bill Bryson were a nerdy French woman
Very occasionally, a reviewer stumbles across a book so quotable that it’s almost impossible to do it justice,…