Books and literature

Oxford University Press has named “brain rot” its word of the year.

Award-winning author TJ Klune (“The House in the Cerulean Sea”) on when he felt able to quit his day job and when he first felt like he’d made it as a writer.

It’s Banned Book Club time! This month’s pick is “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin and Boston Public Library’s Julie Roach shares why this book has caused controversy across generations. 

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The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang for what the Nobel committee called her “intense poetic prose.”

Banned Book Club is back with its September pick! This month, the club discussed “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky with the past President of the American Library Association. 

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From romance to spooky dramas, Bookstagrammer Grace Chlosta shares her top picks to read for the Fall season.

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“The book uses the same techniques as the show to encourage speech and 20 milestones, all through a playful story!”

Banned Books Week started in 1982 and draws attention to censorship.

Two new reports provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide.

Edna O’Brien has died at age 93. She was one of the world’s most admired and controversial writers who scandalized her native Ireland with her debut novel, “The Country Girls,” which was censored and even burned.

Richard Behar’s new biography, “Madoff: The Final Word,” takes readers into the fraudster’s final years in prison, and all that came before.

Ahead of the launch of her new cookbook, 2018 British Bake Off finalist Ruby Bhogal visited in-studio to talk about her experience on the show, as well as some tips on baking with plant-based ingredients.

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Schools 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.

Maria chats with Nicole Walters about being BOLD and for the parents, how to translate skills from parenting to the business world.

Nicole Walters has proven that moms can really do it all. After quitting her job live on social media to build her own million-dollar brand, Nicole was able to use her business-oriented mind to raise three empowered daughters. She discusses her story with Maria, along with some tips for success found in her New York Times best seller “Nothing is...

As this month’s Banned Book Club pick, semi-autobiographical and graphic novel “Flamer” by Mike Curato is challenged by critics but remains a widely discussed topic. Hannah Donnelly joins our sister stations to talk about the emotional and challenging experiences found in the novel....

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Malcolm Gladwell’s “Revenge Of the Tipping Point” will be published Oct. 1

Each month, the Banned Book Club chooses a new read and May’s pick is Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner.” The immediate past president of the Association for Library Service to Children, Amy Koester, tells us about the book. ...

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Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors, has died at age 92.

Author Paul Auster has died at age 77. Auster was a prolific, prize-winning man of letters and filmmaker known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as “The New York Trilogy” and “4 3 2 1.” Auster’s death was confirmed Wednesday by his literary representatives. Auster completed more than 30 books, translated into dozens of languages. He never achieved major commercial...