This ‘cyberpunk digital dead drop’ was inspired by Ben Brown’s short story of anti-corporate tech resistance, called ‘Library ...

The Somersworth City Council approved a resolution to bond up to $7.3 million for a library renovation project. The project aims to make the library compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act ...

The Massachusetts House has passed a bipartisan bill to protect access to books in schools and public libraries ...

A book of poetry that survived the catastrophic 1906 earthquake and fire has been returned to the Mechanics’ Institute. By Adeel Hassan Faded ink stamps of the Mechanics’ Institute Library dot the ...

Marilyn Monroe was many things—an actress, a model, and a cultural icon who remains one of the most recognizable faces ever to come out of the American entertainment industry, to name a few. She was ...

Inside a charred book, pages dotted in soot stains tell the story of how San Francisco rose to the epicenter of a gold rush. Barely escaping the 1906 earthquake, this book should’ve burned completely.

Texas passed what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and ...

Ann Patchett opened Parnassus Books in 2011 when physical bookstores seemed endangered. Now, author-owned bookstores are ...

The Manhattan architect who lived a secret life as the Gilgo Beach serial killer has spent the past three years alone in a segregated cell.

June’s publishing slate proves that summer reading is no longer synonymous with disposable beach reads. For a critic, this month marks the arrival of the year's most ambitious literary contenders, ...

The World Health Organization reports loneliness contributes to more than 870,000 fatalities every year. Last year, an AARP ...