Libraries & Literacy

5+ min ago   (31+ words) Expert advice on children's books & reading, arts & crafts, activities & school achievement. View the parent's newsletter, articles, & weekly picks for Preschool, Grade School, & Middle School See what's happening at your book fair!...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (50+ words) Book Sale October 17 & 18. Bag Sale October 19. Hardcovers $2 Paperbacks $1-$2 All children's books $1 Bag Sale $5 Fiction and non-fiction sorted by multiple categories. Selection of CDs, DVDs, and audiobooks Not picked over. No buyer restictions. No entry fee. Same weekend as our town-wide…...

8+ hour, 21+ min ago   (260+ words) Irish novelist Sally Rooney’s books will no longer be distributed in the United Kingdom after she expressed support for Palestine Action, a group the British government has designated as a terrorist organization. Rooney and her publisher, Faber, have agreed to…...

2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (32+ words) Rod Dreher's Diary Does Anybody Read Anymore? And: The Orange Rooster; Young & Poor; Corruption Costs; Elon’s Flying Car! Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Rod Dreher....

6+ hour, 42+ min ago   (444+ words) Unless otherwise noted, the following programs are made possible by the Friends of the Library. Special Town Meeting is Monday, October 26, 2026, 7 PM (check-in begins at 6 PM) at Westford Academy, 30 Patten Road. Your response will help the Town prepare for the…...

13+ hour, 53+ min ago   (241+ words) The publishing giant Penguin Random House has withdrawn a book about Palestine for young readers just days before its scheduled release, following editorial disputes with the book’s Palestinian American authors. According to The Guardian, copies of “Displacement and the Palestinian…...

5+ hour, 20+ min ago   (89+ words) Hutch Post Readers looking to stock up for cozy fall days can browse bargain-priced books and media Saturday, Oct. 17, during the Friends of the Hutchinson Public Library’s semiannual Big Book Sale. The sale runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. A special…...

13+ hour, 53+ min ago   (237+ words) As we more on from last week’s Banned Books Week, here’s your reminder that a week of “celebrating” banned books isn’t enough. It’s essential to now take that passion for intellectual freedom, the rights of readers, the rights of authors,…...

9+ hour, 50+ min ago   (415+ words) IQNA – Two Palestinian American authors have pulled their children’s book on Palestine from Penguin Random House after the publisher demanded edits to their account of the Nakba and the October 7, 2023 Al-Aqsa Flood Operation. The authors who spent two years writing…...

9+ hour, 8+ min ago   (114+ words) www.livingstonenterprise.net UK bookstores scramble as Sally Rooney novels withdrawn over Palestine group support Other items that may interest you UK prosecutor labels Russell Brand a ruthless sexual … Movie Review: Rom-com or sib-com? Sisterhood rules in … Movie Review: ‘You…...