Books, Arts, and Culture

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A non-binding resolution has been introduced in New Jersey’s state Assembly asking for the removal of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from school curricula. Controversy...

The 10 winners of the 34th annual Whiting Awards were named last night in a ceremony featuring a keynote by author Adam Johnson, winner of the...

On the night of April 25, 1986, during a planned maintenance shutdown at the Chernobyl power plant in northern Ukraine, one of the four reactors overheated...

Make some space in your podcast listening schedule, because Book Riot has a new kidlit podcast hosted by me, New York Times bestselling author Karina Yan Glaser,...

The Blunt Instrument, our advice column for writers, on taking your first steps towards publication The Blunt Instrument is an advice column for writers. If you...

Happy equinox! Here’s what’s in store this season for you and your creative work Photo by zeus almighty I n spring, all things are made new — but this is...

What’s the first thing you notice when you look at a book? The cover right? It plays an important role in attracting readers to a book...

When it comes to helping your kids develop their language and vocabulary skills, there’s no better tool than a dictionary. Today’s children’s dictionaries aren’t the boring,...