Books

The wife of fallen Delaware state police trooper Cpl. Stephen J. Ballard is honoring the memory of her husband with a reading program.

Guest: Julie Lythcott-Haims Growing up as the only child of an African American father and a white British mothe ...

Roberts' gift completed a $3.5 million campaign to put "leveled" books in every one of the district's K-3 classrooms, capping the drive a year earlier than expected.

Novelist Salman Rushdie may be best known for his novel, “The Satanic Verses,” which forced him into hiding after Iran’s Ay ...

Guest: Salman Rushdie SALMAN RUSHDIE’s new novel, ...

Nearly 3 million children in the U.S. have a parent in jail or prison. Local author Becky Birtha is hoping her children's book, "Far Apart, Close in Heart," will help them.

Guest: Stephen Greenblatt STEPHEN GREENBLATT, an Ame ...

Guests: Luis Ferré-Sadurní, Nicole Krauss NICOLE KRAUSS, author of t ...

A county library years in the making came to fruition Tuesday.   Adults and children were greeted by the smell of new ...

Al Franken said it well last spring: “I love Hillary … and I think she has a right to analyze what happened. But we do have t ...

Mindell Dubansky has been repairing and taking care of books for 35 years. Mindell Dubansky once slapped someone’s hand for ...

The challenge of writing a brief history of Philadelphia has been taken up by Roger Simon, professor of history at Lehigh University. ...

He joined NewsWorks Tonight’s Dave Heller to discuss life with a terminal illness and the activities that keep him going. & ...

Guests: Zinzi Clemmons, Carol Leonnig Author ZINZI CLEMMONS ...

How two space geeks imagine the future of trips to the stars. Rock climbing on Mars, playing baseball on the moon and skydiving th ...