For all the bibliophiles in the Bay Area, there’s a budget-friendly alternative to buying new books: used book sales, regularly held on behalf of local public libraries. These sales, organized by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Baldwin County library will not receive state funding after months of turmoil involving “sexually explicit” and “inappropriate” ...

Nearly 30 years after a dizzying sculpture fashioned from books was first installed at the Prague Municipal Library in the Czech Republic, literature lovers on TikTok and Instagram have turned the ...

Dimitris Economou was visiting his parents in Greece and looking for a book to read to his 7-year-old son when he found a copy of the children’s book “Harry the Dirty Dog” on his dad’s bookshelf. He ...

It's been a tough year for public libraries. In March, President Trump issued an executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency devoted to funding ...

COOK — Every fall, libraries across the U.S. take part in a weeklong advocacy campaign known as Banned Book Week. Aimed at raising awareness about censorship and challenged books, participating ...

An October directive by the Tennessee Secretary of State requiring a full audit of 181 public libraries' juvenile books within 60 days to fit federal standards on gender focuses on one book. Some 181 ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The New Hanover County Public Library’s 2026 Winter Book Sale ended Friday, Jan. 30, due to upcoming winter weather. The sale ended at 5 p.m. Friday. All New Hanover County ...

Dec. 19 (UPI) --An overdue library book was returned to the Chantilly Regional Library after 36 years and a trip to Greece. The Fairfax County Library system posted about the book's return on Facebook ...

Now, a lower court's decision allowing the removal of books from its public library system can stand. The case goes back to 2021, when a group of Texans in the county located about 80 miles northwest ...

The community is invited to celebrate the love of books, support local authors and artists, and find gifts during Mentor Public Library’s inaugural Holiday Book Market. It will take place from 1 to 4 ...