Books and literature

The 77-year-old author voiced frustration on his official blog about skeptical fans of his “A Song of Ice and Fire” series.

School’s out but that doesn’t mean the pages have to stop turning. Here are some incentives to get your young ones to keep reading this summer.

The bestselling author is now doubling as a publisher, as well as a screenwriter.

“Underestimated” is Mary’s third book.

“If the bar for events was on the floor, A Million Lives Book Festival sent the bar straight to hell,” one attendee said.

Serendipity Books in Chelsea, Michigan, enlisted the support of 300 community members in relocating to a new storefront.

Serendipity Books in Chelsea, Michigan, had its entire inventory transferred — in alphabetical order, no less — in less than two hours.

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday. He was 89.

April 2 is International Children’s Book Day and Connecticut is or was home several authors and illustrators who are responsible for some of your favorites. One quite famous one was Maurice Sendak, the author of “Where the Wild Things Are, and many, many more beloved books. He lived in Ridgefield and the Sendak House and Archive is open by appointment…

You can buy “I Loved You First” wherever books are sold.

You can find “Permission” wherever books are sold.

For more than two decades, a Tampa woman has driven over a half-a-million miles to get books into the hands of kids who might not otherwise have access. Bess the Book Bus founder Jennifer dials-in and shares how the bus and its mission is inspired by her book-loving nana.

“It’s about what it means to be a young person in a generation that is going to end, and is currently changing the world,” the lauded poet said of her new book.

Roberto Alfaro’s book is called “Fighting Through the Hurdles of My Life”.

The stamps commemorate the iconic 1947 children’s book and the long-running Nickelodeon animated series.

“Inner Excellence” argues people can achieve better results in their chosen fields if they look inward and change their mindset about success.

Ruby Franke’s eldest child is speaking out in a new memoir. Shari Franke is sharing her story in the book, “The House of My Mother: A Daughter’s Quest for Freedom,” set to be released on Jan. 7, more than a year after her mother Ruby pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse.

Staffers at Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco’s City Lights Books and The Nook in Cedar Falls, Iowa, are among 600 booksellers receiving $500 holiday bonuses from James Patterson.

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law to prohibit book bans in the state and enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

Kamala Harris and breakout star Chappell Roan were among the year’s most talked-about people. Their names were also among the most mispronounced.