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Mem Fox, a popular author of children’s books in Australia, was recently detained by border patrol at LAX while visiting the United States. Fox claims she was treated so …
Philip Pullman is back, baby! The author of the somewhat infamous His Dark Materials trilogy has just announced the arrival of a new trilogy set in the same universe. The …
YouTube Channel: Wochit News From the Description: Texas’s Department of Criminal Justice is preventing inmates from receiving reading material. Dan Slater, author of the book ‘Wolf Boys: Two American Teenagers …
Chicago is known for many things: a beautiful skyline, great shopping, fantastic festivities year-round, sports teams, hot dogs and deep dish style pizza (sorry, New York, Chicago’s deep dish is …
On March 13, 1852, The New York Times published a small advertisement on Page 3 for an anonymously written serial tale that would begin the next day in a rival …
The Hong Kong branch of the human rights organization Amnesty International has been using books to illustrate the injustice of censorship laws in a pop-up bookstore, on the 16th …
Singapore is home to one of the most effective governments in the world. The ability of the state to create solutions to concrete problems has served it well since …
North Korea has developed a reputation for being the hermit kingdom. Few reporters are let in, and when the do make it in, the state heavily regulates who reporters …
Princess Madeleine of Sweden is a beautiful, privileged, well educated woman. As well as juggling the responsibilities of a royal family member, she is also a wife and mother. …
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ― Mark Twain It’s probably no surprise to learn that the American bookworm is …
On Wednesday, February 15th, Canada’s favorite storyteller passed away, and our collective heart broke. This man was not just another voice on the radio, he was a friend who …
Our fellow bookworm Sarah Jessica Parker has joined forces with ALA, the American Library Association, to bring us Book Club Central, a brand new online resource that specializes in …
Amazon is one of the most valuable online retailers in the United States, functioning as an accessible, free-to-use online market that helps customers and sellers to exchange goods. Surpassing …
According to Sister Mary Carmel, my 4th grade teacher, retracting gossip is as simple as gathering feathers that have blown away on the wind. Same goes for fake news. …
A survey conducted by Durham University has found that many readers are influenced by the voices of their favorite characters even after they’ve finished books, The Guardian reports. More than …
Heads up, everyone! On top of helping Sean Spicer define basic vocabulary words, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary has somehow found the time to add over 1,000 new words to their …
A number of rare books worth more than £2 million were stolen from a warehouse near Heathrow airport on January 29th, in what is being described as a heist …
On February 6th, Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to reach her Sapphire Jubilee. A 41-gun salute in the center of London honored the Queen’s 65 years …
Ralph Burns, a 64-year old man from Tennessee, has finally learned to read. “I had a rough life,” says Ralph Burns, who was abandoned as a child and had to drop out …
A new program called “One Book, One New York” has been launched in New York City, encouraging a city-wide reading club in which all New Yorkers read the same …