Books

Book banning is not new — in the U.S. alone the practice goes back to Puritan times.

In Matt Paxton's latest book, America’s top cleaning expert and star of the hit PBS series 'Legacy List' distills his fail-proof approach to decluttering and downsizing.

On this special edition of the Radio Times podcast, we revisit our interview with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who died Wednesday at the age of 84.

A new book, 'Foreverland', has been called an "illuminating, poignant, and savagely funny examination of modern marriage from Ask Polly advice columnist Heather Havrilesky."

With book banning on the rise, author Azar Nafisi's timely new book reminds us of the power of fiction to challenge tyranny, fight injustice and open minds.

The agency, in charge of 26 member libraries across Delco, has put forth a strategic five-year plan to guide its vision through 2026.

After 30 years, the African American Children’s Book Fair has expanded into the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

The novel is written from alternating perspectives and tells the story of two women of different races whose friendship is altered by a tragic police shooting in Philadelphia.

Lena Champlin, Jeremy Wortzel, and the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry wrote a children’s book about climate change and anxiety.

High school students in the School District of Philadelphia will soon have access to Philadelphia’s rich history of local African American heroes and trailblazers.

The hottest commodity of the Lake Hazel branch of the Ada Community Library in Boise, Idaho is the brainchild of 8-year-old Dillon Helbig, a second-grader who loves to write.

Conservative groups are pushing to pull books on issues of race, gender, sexuality, LGTBQ topics, and history. What's behind this rise in book challenges and what's at risk?

A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language" and an illustration of a nude woman.

The nonprofit publisher first opened in Kensington three years ago.

The Free Library has selected a new memoir from Philly native and “In the Heights” playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes for this year’s all-city read.