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Is climate-change making it too hot for many of the nation’s libraries?

Is climate-change making it too hot for many of the nation’s libraries?

By Jonny Diamond | September 6, 2022

Area man named Bob Jablonski returns library book called <em>Hitler</em> 77 years overdue.

Area man named Bob Jablonski returns library book called Hitler 77 years overdue.

By Jonny Diamond | September 2, 2022

Nora Roberts donated $50,000 to save the Patmos Library.

Nora Roberts donated $50,000 to save the Patmos Library.

By Corinne Segal | September 1, 2022

They’re shooting books now: censorship-loving, book-banning vigilantes stoop to a new low.

They’re shooting books now: censorship-loving, book-banning vigilantes stoop to a new low.

By Jonny Diamond | August 30, 2022

Closed Libraries and Fading Light: On Life in Kyiv, August 2022

Closed Libraries and Fading Light: On Life in Kyiv, August 2022

Hometown Dispatches from Myroslav Laiuk

By Myroslav Laiuk | August 30, 2022

Here’s another incredibly strange dream-like Chinese bookstore.

Here’s another incredibly strange dream-like Chinese bookstore.

By Jonny Diamond | August 29, 2022

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30 years ago tonight, Sarajevo's National Library was burned to the ground.

By Dan Sheehan | August 25, 2022

The book-banning lawsuit against Barnes & Noble is moving forward in Virginia.

By Corinne Segal | August 25, 2022

A Texas woman went to the cops about an actual library book.

By Jonny Diamond | August 24, 2022

Finding Healing at Paris’s Shakespeare and Company

Finding Healing at Paris’s Shakespeare and Company

Natasha Sizlo on Realizing She Needed to Write

By Natasha Sizlo | August 19, 2022

Famous writers will “Stand with Salman Rushdie” on the steps of the NYPL this Friday.

Famous writers will “Stand with Salman Rushdie” on the steps of the NYPL this Friday.

By Jonny Diamond | August 17, 2022

A school librarian is suing the right-wing

A school librarian is suing the right-wing "activists" who defamed and harassed her.

By Dan Sheehan | August 16, 2022

Shelf Talkers: What the Booksellers Are Reading at White Whale Bookstore

Shelf Talkers: What the Booksellers Are Reading at White Whale Bookstore

Staff Favorites From Pittsburgh’s White Whale

By Literary Hub | August 15, 2022

There are 28 new Little Free Libraries in New York City.

There are 28 new Little Free Libraries in New York City.

By Corinne Segal | August 11, 2022

Reminder: Books are actually good and make people feel better.

Reminder: Books are actually good and make people feel better.

By Jonny Diamond | August 9, 2022

Residents of the Michigan town that defunded its library are rallying to keep it open.

Residents of the Michigan town that defunded its library are rallying to keep it open.

By Corinne Segal | August 9, 2022

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