Burlington Public Library’s 12-month long Reading Challenge returns for its second year in 2026, with some additional programming. Designed for adults 18 years of age and older, this free program grew ...

Stuff your loved ones' stockings with these influential LGBTQ+ classics.

The books come from its list of best titles of the year and will be available at three flagship library branches. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll find out why the New York ...

If the library system in the Canadian city of Hamilton, Ontario, handed out fines for overdue books, the one for a recently returned tome titled “The Excellent Woman” would be a whopper. The Victorian ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The NYPL is offering unlimited e-book access for some of their best-of-the-year titles Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant ...

PITTSFIELD — Some 40,000 books destroyed by mold and insects — it’s a librarian’s worst nightmare. In August, Karen Carreras-Hubbard, coordinator of library services at Berkshire Community College, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Few joys compare to adding a new book to your collection—especially if that book is brimming with ...

When the president unexpectedly fired the librarian of Congress, a prominent legislator denounced the “open despotism which now rules at Washington.” The year was 1829, and as Andrew Jackson installed ...

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Screenwriter Bernard Leed wrote 'Sucker' as a way to air what he calls his “gay grievances”.

Now is the perfect time to refresh your bookshelf and your reading list with the many highly anticipated page-to-screen adaptations of 2025. Filmmakers and showrunners are drawing from contemporary ...

Mr. Bannon is the chief librarian at the New York Public Library, where he is also director of branch libraries and education. Nov. 23, 2025 As a librarian, I get a lot of questions. One I am hearing ...