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Ann Napolitano's Hello Beautiful picked as Oprah's 100th book

Mar 14 2023: Ann Napolitano toiled in obscurity for years. Novels went unpublished; agents turned her down. She found recognition with “Dear Edward.” Then came the call: “Hello Beautiful” was the 100th pick for what is arguably the most influential book club in the world.

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Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe, writer of poetic fiction, dies

Mar 14 2023: Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe, whose darkly poetic novels were built from his childhood memories during Japan’s postwar occupation and from being the parent of a disabled son, has died. He was 88.

Oe, who was also an outspoken anti-nuclear and peace activist...

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When handling rare books, experts say that bare, just-cleaned hands are best

Mar 11 2023: People who handle rare books for a living are used to doing battle with a range of dastardly scourges, including red rot, beetles and thieves. But there is one foe that drives many of them particularly crazy: the general public’s unshakable — and often vehemently ...

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Cut the politics. Phonics is the best way to teach reading.

Mar 11 2023: People learn to talk simply through listening — to our parents talking to us and to each other, to the TV talking to the ether, to strangers on the street. But that’s not how people learn to read. People need to be taught to read. And the trouble is, educators, parents ...

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Toni Morrison is memorialized on a USPS Forever stamp

Mar 10 2023: The US Postal Service is honoring the late author and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison with her own Forever stamp.

"It's a privilege to represent the 650,000 men and women of the Postal Service, as we honor Toni Morrison with one more tribute — our new stamp that will be...

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Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns condemns proposed Florida bill

Mar 10 2023: Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has joined a rising chorus of condemnation against a proposed Florida bill that seeks to muzzle intellectual freedom in colleges and universities.

House Bill 999 is a sly hodgepodge of contradictory dictums designed to bleach the study...

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Bryant & May novelist Christopher Fowler has died aged 69

Mar 07 2023: Christopher Fowler has died at the age of 69, having been diagnosed with cancer three years ago.

Fowler was best known for his Bryant & May thrillers, featuring the veteran detectives solving unusual crimes in London from the second world war to the present day. The ...

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Book banning: stores, authors and communities: what can we do?

Feb 28 2023: "What was once an occasional distraction and disruption has increasingly become a daily occurrence," said Ray Daniels, the American Booksellers Association (ABA) chief communications officer, at the outset of the Winter Institute session "Book Banning: Stores, Authors ...

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