Every week I’m interviewing fascinating people in our community, nation and around the world. Kate DiCamillo is one of America’s most beloved storytellers. She is a two-time Newberry medalist and is a former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Kate has published over 25 novels, including ‘Because of Winn-Dixie,’ ‘The Tiger Rising,’ ‘The Tale of…

https://rss.app/rss-feed?keyword=Literature%20and%20Books&region=US&lang=enhttps://rss.appThu, 30 Nov 2023 15:06:33 GMT Colorado conservatives are calling on prosecutors to remove books from school libraries and take legal action against those promoting and possessing the ]]>https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/Colorado-Republicans-Want-Prosecutors-Remove-school-library-Books-Under-Obscenity-Law-Censorship-News1ba3205eeda8c0b14c9533c7d04d572fThu, 30 Nov 2023 13:54:32 GMT Another month of books, another month of book covers. Here are my favorites from November—an elegant and controlled group, on the…

What books are on your night stand? I usually have three books going at a time: one in Italian to improve my fluency, a novel in English and a nonfiction work in English. Right now it’s “Il Metodo del Coccodrillo,” a thriller by Maurizio de Giovanni, “Chain-Gang All-Stars,” a near-future dystopian novel by Nana Kwame…

In a year packed with noteworthy novels, it can be hard to remember that big, important, vital ideas sometimes come in small packages. Many of the year’s best collections represent a return to form for some of the greatest writers of our time, and while the stories may be brief, their impact is felt long…

It’s that time of year. You need holiday presents and you don’t know what to buy. Allow me to offer this gentle reminder: Books (1) are fast and easy to wrap, (2) come in multiple varieties at every price point, (3) can be ordered online or personally mailed using the U.S. Postal Service’s bargain media…

Sotheby’s is offering an exceedingly rare piece of Jane Austen history, a copy of Isaac D’Israeli’s Curiosities of Literature, a popular work from the late 18th and early 19th century containing anecdotes about historical persons and events, unusual books, and the habits of bookcollectors, thought to have inspired the young writer as she shaped her literary tastes. Estimated to achieve…

A daydreamer and a bit of a lost cause, Rey loves stories. Whether they’re book shaped or you can see them on a screen, a story always hides in the corners of her mind. She’s working on a few stories of her own, always accompanied by her trusty cat. View All posts by Rey Rowland…

Faber has nabbed multi-award-winning Ingrid Persaud’s second novel, The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh. The book is a work of literary fiction, inspired by the life of Trinidadian gangster Boysie Singh, by the author of Love After Love (Faber), which won the 2020 Costa First Novel Award. Associate publisher Louisa Joyner acquired UK and…

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song, by Judith Tick For this landmark biography, Tick, a music historian, leans on a rich trove of archival research — in particular, articles from recently digitized Black newspapers — as well as new material from Fitzgerald’s family, including a scrapbook the jazz legend kept when…