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By Jenny Hendrix
Today is Blumesday -- not a typo, as it turns out, but a holiday concocted to celebrate the beloved young-adult author Judy Blume.
By Jenny Hendrix
The Poetry Foundation announced Tuesday that "Revenge of the Lunch Ladies" author Kenn Nesbitt will be its next children's poet laureate.
By Carolyn Kellogg
Anne Frank was born June 12, 1929, 84 years ago today. During her short 15 years, she kept a diary and wrote there sorting out her emotions, describing her crushes and despair, her desires and dreams.
By Jenny Hendrix
Big Brother is watching. And people are reading.
By Jenny Hendrix
The Library of Congress announced Monday that the U.S. poet laureate, Natasha Trethewey, has been appointed to a second one-year term.
By David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times Book Critic
Neil Gaiman has a message for graduates: "Make Good Art." That's the point of his stirring 2012 commencement address at Philadelphia's University of the Arts, widely disseminated across the Internet.
If you're planning to hit the beach -- or mountains or woods or backyard patio -- don't forget to bring along a book or two.
By Jenny Hendrix
Apple enlisted the services of Winnie-the-Pooh in trying to show a court that it did not tinker with e-book prices when it opened its electronic bookstore in 2010, according to the Associated Press.
By David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times Book Critic
Joe Ollmann's latest, "Science Fiction," may even be more moving than his last book: a minutely observed account of a relationship in crisis, from which there is (or might be) no way out.
By Jenny Hendrix and Carolyn Kellogg
Apple headed to court Monday, as its e-book price fixing trial begins. The U.S. Justice Department alleged last year that Apple had conspired with five publishers to set the prices for e-books.
By Julie Makinen, Los Angeles Times
Peter Hessler offers a ground-level view of the last 15 years in China and its rapid changes. He also throws in a few U.S.-based stories.
By David Lauter
The look at the Obama and Romney campaigns offers excellent reporting but lacks suspense.
By Jenny Hendrix
Jack Vance, prolific author of science fiction, mystery and epic fantasy, died Sunday at 96, his son John told the Associated Press. He had written more than 60 books during his long life.
By Jenny Hendrix
A letter, written by British author Rudyard Kipling in 1895, is up for auction. In it, Kipling confesses to it being "extremely possible" that he "promiscuously" borrowed from the work of others.
By Carolyn Kellogg
Bridget Jones is coming back, and she'll be "Mad About the Boy." That's the title of the upcoming novel by Helen Fielding, who's writing her first Bridget Jones book in more than a decade.
By Hector Tobar, Los Angeles Times
George Packer paints a vivid, novelistic portrait of recent U.S. history through its people.
By Scott Martelle
Edward McClelland's book reminds us of what has transpired in the heartland of America over the past 30 years.
By Elizabeth Hand
The long unfinished poem edited by J.R.R. Tolkien's son, Christopher, provides fascinating insight into the author's work.
By Wendy Smith, Special to the Los Angeles Times
A father's decision to give his 3-year-old daughter to a wealthy family in Kabul begins an almost 60-year Afghan history lesson as recounted by the characters in Khaled Hosseini's newest novel.
By Jenny Hendrix
Those clinging hopefully to the old Borders books gift cards stashed in their drawers or wallets are out of luck, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Wednesday.
By Jenny Hendrix
A groundbreaking paperless public library system will open in Texas this year, the BBC reports.
By Jenny Hendrix
Australia's Qantas Airlines is promoting the announcement of its extended flight routes by commissioning a series of books that last exactly as long as each flight.
By Jenny Hendrix
In a move to bump up physical book sales, Stephen King will not release an e-book version of his new novel, "Joyland," the Wall Street Journal reports.
By Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times
The Writer's Life: The smart, accessible 'Who Owns the Future?' peers critically at the online state of affairs and finds it out of balance.
By Paula L. Woods, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Detective Inspector Jack Caffery and Sgt. Flea Marley investigate strange occurrences at a psychiatric hospital and the disappearance of a footballer's wife.