The finalists for this year's National Book Awards have been announced. Among the 25 nominees are novelists Rabih Alameddine and Megha Majumdar as well as journalists Julia Ioffe and Omar El Akkad, ...

The fight against book bans is entering a new phase, as the number of bans plummets but concerns grow that librarians and teachers, looking to stay out of the fray, are self-censoring. Data shows a ...

The National Book Foundation has announced the finalists for the 2025 National Book Awards. The winners in each of the five categories—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young ...

‘Tis the season to book holiday travel. Summer may have just wrapped up, but now is actually the cheapest time to start locking in airfare and reservations in advance of the busy holiday season. With ...

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 ...

The most commonly banned books in U.S. schools include LGBTQ titles, international bestsellers, teen romantasy novels and a 1962 classic, according to a new report that compares modern-day censorship ...

The push to ban books in libraries, schools, and bookstores throughout the country remains strong. Pioneering actor, author, and activist George Takei has been named honorary chair of Banned Books ...

Weston Brown's story is showcased in Kim A. Snyder’s new documentary 'The Librarians' Courtesy of 8 Above and THE LIBRARIANS documentary DP Amy Bench Weston Brown returned to his hometown in Texas to ...

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