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Geraldine Brooks is the winner of the 2025 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction! The Australian-American author and ...
Scrawled in pencil on a scrap of yellow legal paper by lyricist E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, the artifact is among dozens of treasures ...
Brooks is the author of best-selling Jewish novels “People of the Book” and “The Secret Chord," which explores the life of King David.
It’s rare to find a library book more than 200 years old still in circulation. How does a title avoid the “weeding” process?
SPAN's Book TV has provided in-depth, uninterrupted coverage of the. On Saturday, September, 6th, Book TV is once again ...
The Library of Congress removed two and a half sections of the Constitution from its website sometime after President Donald Trump ousted the library's longtime leader in May.
Long Beach and other SoCal libraries have joined the Books Unbanned effort, providing children as young as 13 a free e-card to access e-books and audiobooks.
Imagination Library is an international program launched by Dolly Parton in 1995 to combat illiteracy.
Key sections of the US Constitution were temporarily removed from Congress' website. Provisions including habeas corpus (due process) and the prohibition of nobility titles (like, say, King ...
As ALA fights for the future of library funding in court, we need every advocate to tell Congress to #FundLibraries, and to do it as frequently as they can. Critically, we also need your help to urge ...
Significant parts of the Constitution were quietly removed from the Congress website The Library of Congress said the missing sections were a 'coding error' ...
A library book has been returned nearly 82 years after it was borrowed from the San Antonio Public Library. The book is “Your Child, His Family, and Friends” by marriage and family counselor ...