By Alexandra Alter Our crime columnist recommends books starring hard-boiled investigators who are ready to travel down the meanest streets to root out the darkest truths. By Sarah Weinman In a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — “James,” Percival Everett ’s acclaimed reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. Everett's version of Mark Twain's ...

The Humber School for Writers is seeking applications from PEN Canada’s Writers-in-Exile members for its 28-week Creative Writing graduate certificate online mentorship program commencing in September ...

In his new book, On Book Banning, Ira Wells begins with his astonishment when the principal ... This Centre for Free Expression event is co-Sponsored by Canadian School Libraries, Edmonton Public ...

The best romance books know how to transport us to worlds where unexpected love and second chances exist. They also find a ...

Capistrano Unified School Board Member Judy Bullockus used the N-word during her comments to support approving a book for ...

Polling Shows Voters Oppose Efforts to Remove Books from Libraries and Have Confidence in Libraries to Make Good Decisions About Their Collections Read the key findings from a survey conducted by Hart ...

A recent report from book advocacy nonprofit PEN America recorded 10,046 book bans in public schools nationwide during the past school year and found that more than half of the books targeted ...

When news of Pat's death emerged, I took one of his books off a shelf ... you can see the indentation of his words carved by his pen in other pages - he signed it like he meant it, cared, and ...