As 2023 draws to a close we find ourselves looking back fondly on an excellent year for books and bookstores. It is readers like you who bring these books to life, and we hope you’ll take a moment to reminisce with us. Honors have been awarded — to our Book of the Year, Author of […]
“What a great, great, great, great joy for me to be here, to share the same space with all of you, my heroes and heroines, because books have rescued me, books have delivered me, books have exhalted me and helped me discover more of myself.” — Oprah Winfrey The 74th National Book Awards were presented […]
Drumroll please… This is a big day for books and writers and readers — this year’s crop of National Book Award finalists is here! Past winners, now considered modern classics of American literature, include Jacqueline Woodson (Brown Girl Dreaming), Jesmyn Ward (twice, for Salvage the Bones and Sing, Unburied, Sing), Charles Yu (Interior Chinatown), Elizabeth […]
It’s the first week of May which means it’s time to celebrate! Not only is school about to be out for the summer, but it’s also Children’s Book Week — one of the longest-running national literacy initiatives in the country. This year, Every Child a Reader has chosen the theme “Read Books. Spark Change” — […]