Banned Books Week has begun and new titles are dominating this year's top challenged list. Banned Books Week is Oct. 5-11 and this year's theme is, "Censorship Is so 1984. Read for Your Rights." The ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

Jane Goodall, the pioneering primatologist and conservationist, has died at the age of 91. Having dedicated her life to the study of chimpanzees and to protecting endangered species, her conservation ...

Update Published Oct. 2, 2025: This article, originally published in 2024, has been updated to reflect the latest findings in PEN America’s banned books report, “Banned in the U.S.A.” The list at the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Forty-five years since it was first published, The Australian Women’s Weekly Children’s Birthday Cake Book still takes the cake as one ...

A new report from PEN America tracks restrictions on school books across 45 states. By Elizabeth A. Harris Restrictions on books in public schools have become “rampant and common,” according to a new ...

The epicentre of the quake, which struck around 11:49 pm (1649 GMT), was around 156 kilometres east of Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of ...

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday unveiled the book "Living The Vivekananda Way - Practical Spirituality For Modern India", authored by Ananya Awasthi and Nikhil Yadav, at a ...

Meghan Markle is seemingly unbothered by rumours her former best friend Jessica Mulroney has been 'offered an advance of more than $1million' to write a tell-all book - as the Duchess of Sussex ...

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times. Every week, critics and editors at The New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, from ...