Pip Landers-Letts has been awarded the £20,000 Kindle Storyteller Award (KSA) for Pyg, a queer retelling of George Bernard ...

In multiple episodes of Solar Opposites Season 6, the series returned to the events of The Wall, as the shrunken-down residents finally made their play to try and get returned to their normal sizes ...

While much of Rory’s collection includes almost every book featured on my high school English class syllabus — from Lord of the Flies to Shakespeare — some books could do with a reintroduction. So, ...

A crisp fall wind in the air means it’s almost time for the National Book Awards, and this year's finalist list is here. Twenty-five finalists, announced Oct. 7, will vie for the prize in fiction, ...

Over 3,700 unique books were banned during the 2024-2025 school year, more than double the number of titles PEN America tracked in the 2021-2022 school year when it began counting. The nonprofit, ...

Novels by Karen Russell and Bryan Washington are among those vying for the award in fiction, while books about Gaza, foster care and women in Russia are up for the nonfiction prize. By Elizabeth A.

Banned Books Week, held from October 5-11, highlights censorship and celebrates the freedom to read. Despite an increase in book challenges, a 2022 poll found that 71% of Americans surveyed oppose ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. “A writer,” Saul Bellow once observed, “is a reader moved to emulation.” But what if it’s also the other way around? What if, when we think about writing, we are ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

Thirty years ago, the PlayStation console kicked off a new gaming era with its launch in the US and Europe. To celebrate this milestone, Sony has announced that it'll be exploring the history of the ...

Common ground is increasingly difficult to find in today’s world, which is why this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, running October 15–19, aims to create more opportunities than ever for connection and ...