OFTEN billed as a polymath, Alasdair Gray was a writer and artist who illustrated his own books, prompting us to ponitificate that, just as ...

Kelly Bearton, took over as manager at Diss, Harleston and Long Stratton libraries, three months ago. It was quite a career ...

By TRINA “INDI” JOHNSON Special to the NEWS The San Benito Public Library is celebrating local poet Dora E. Gonzalez with a ...

Accessing reading material in prisons is hard, but Freedom Reads co-founder Reginald Betts, a former inmate, went beyond ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Guess what booklovers? I have an exciting announcement for you. The Shreve Memorial Library Friends, a nonprofit, ...

After 15 years of working at the Pierce County Library in Blackshear, GA, where she advanced from part-time clerk to branch ...

This year marks a very special milestone: the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth (December 16, 1775). Around the world, readers and admirers are celebrating with festivals and programs — and ...

Coming up, Frontier Culture Museum's Independence Day Celebration, Movement and Mocktails at the Strength Initiative and more ...

MUSKEGON, NEWAYGO, OCEANA COUNTIES - United Way of the Lakeshore (United Way) is partnering with Michigan’s Adventure to host Ducks for Dolly, a family-friendly rubber duck race benefitting Dolly Part ...

Back home after living in Finland for five months, Samantha Hull giggles at the notion that the Scandinavian country is the ...