A series of children's books has been pulled from school library shelves after a web address printed in the back was found to link to explicit content. The Spy Dog, Spy Pups and Spy Cat books by Derby ...

The state librarian says the new guidelines help people avoid any confusion that the library is banning books. Last week Lani Kawahara, who oversees the young adult section at Kauaʻi’s largest library ...

That translates to a range-extended system built around a 1.5-liter turbocharged generator, with the option of either 20.4kWh or 36.6kWh batteries. The exact horsepower and torque figures were not ...

The finalists for this year's National Book Awards have been announced. Among the 25 nominees are novelists Rabih Alameddine and Megha Majumdar as well as journalists Julia Ioffe and Omar El Akkad, ...

A companion link printed inside Andrew Cope's Spy Dog series now directs children towards an adult website, including explicit content featuring children's characters. Puffin, the publisher of the ...

Over 3,700 unique books were banned during the 2024-2025 school year, more than double the number of titles PEN America tracked in the 2021-2022 school year when it began counting. The nonprofit, ...

Novels by Karen Russell and Bryan Washington are among those vying for the award in fiction, while books about Gaza, foster care and women in Russia are up for the nonfiction prize. By Elizabeth A.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Spooky season is officially upon us, which means the official countdown to Halloween is officially on, and it’s now perfectly okay to indulge all your inner ...

Banned Books Week, held from October 5-11, highlights censorship and celebrates the freedom to read. Despite an increase in book challenges, a 2022 poll found that 71% of Americans surveyed oppose ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. “A writer,” Saul Bellow once observed, “is a reader moved to emulation.” But what if it’s also the other way around? What if, when we think about writing, we are ...

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- A look at what's happening around the New York Jets: 1. Fields day: Look through the team's quarterbacking history, and you will find mostly statuesque pocket passers. Now look ...