Fanny Howe, the author of dozens of poetry collections and novels, has died at 84, the New York Times reports. Howe grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was educated at Stanford University. Her ...

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Paulette Jiles, the author known for her novels about the American west, has died at 82, the San Antonio Express-News reports.

The Library of Congress revealed the lineup for its National Book Festival, with more than 90 authors scheduled to take part in the annual event in Washington, D.C.

When you sit down to write a story, sometimes the hardest part can be just getting started. After all, the beginning of a tale ...

B.T. Polcari is a graduate of Rutgers College of Rutgers University, an award-winning mystery author, and a proud father of two wonderful children. He’s a champion of rescue pups (Mauzzy is a rescue), ...

The New York–based Center for Fiction announced that Haruki Murakami is the winner of its 2025 Lifetime of Excellence in Fiction Award, given to “a writer who, through their exceptional body of work, ...

The youngsters notice that each type of butterfly is a different size, with various colors and markings; even their wings are differently shaped. The kids frolic through a meadow, gleefully observing ...

Jenna Bush Hager’s latest Today show book club selection is The Names by Florence Knapp.

Wynn-Williams’ Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism was published last month by Flatiron. In the book, Wynn-Williams, who served as Meta’s director of global public ...

Numerous other candidates appear—along with short fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and young adult literature—in our special issue dedicated to the best books of the 21st century (so far). The ...