COLUMBIA, S.C. — The State Board of Education is considering a universal definition of “age appropriate” educational materials in South Carolina schools and libraries that would bar descriptions or visual depictions of what it deems sexual conduct, and items that are “obscene” or “indecent.” The regulation is the latest effort from conservative policymakers to restrict…

The suggestion that Beloved, Toni Morrison’s acclaimed novel about slavery and its afterlives, is also a parable about the publishing industry would be bizarre, even offensive—if, that is, Morrison herself hadn’t explicitly suggested it. For years, Morrison had felt not merely penned in by her career as an editor at the publishing giant Random House;…

Every year the Amazon Editors read more than 1,000 books, sharing our favorites so that customers can find their next great read. Along the way, we search for the one special title that will emerge as the Best Book of the Year. This year, the Amazon Editors chose James McBride’s The Heaven & Earth Grocery…

The stereotypical image of a writer usually involves some poor tortured soul hunched over a notebook or keyboard, wrestling with weighty themes of humanity and grammar, or at least gazing wistfully out a window while procrastinating. But maybe, according to J. Robert Lennon, the Ann S. Bowers Professor of English in the College of Arts…

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Greenwood Elementary School students on Monday, Nov. 13, started picking out books and other items to take home from the Scholastic Book Fair. Greenwood Elementary Library Media Specialist Deena Jones said each student can purchase books up to $26…

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Greenwood Elementary School students on Monday, Nov. 13, started picking out books and other items to take home from the Scholastic Book Fair. Greenwood Elementary Library Media Specialist Deena Jones said each student can purchase books up to $26…

div[data-qa=”article-image”] { max-width: 250px; padding-top: 24px; } .wpds-c-kiwQNE { padding-top: 0px; } 2023 was a great year for romance novels. And although there were many viral sensations, the books that stood out to me embodied not just romantic love but also familial love, delivering big emotional payouts that made the romantic arcs all the more…

Michael Pietsch will be replaced on Jan. 1 by the chief executive of Hachette UK, who will helm both divisions, bringing them into closer alignment. Michael Pietsch, the chief executive of Hachette Book Group, is stepping down from his role and will become the company’s chairman, Hachette and its parent company, Hachette Livre, announced Tuesday.…

In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, a controversial new policy is on hold as critics say it would lead to censorship of school library books. The proposed policy would have classified all school library books as instructional materials. Then parents would have to be warned of any books that contain sexually explicit content and could bar their…