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What is Banned Books Week?
Banned Books Week started in 1982 and draws attention to censorship.
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Banned Books Week begins with reports showing challenges both up and down
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.
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Edna O'Brien, Irish literary giant who wrote ‘The Country Girls, dies at 93
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.
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This biographer exchanged emails with Bernie Madoff from prison for a decade. Here's what he learned
Richard Behar’s new biography, “Madoff: The Final Word,” takes readers into the fraudster’s final years in prison, and all that came before.
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British Bake Off Finalist Ruby Bhogal dishes on new cookbook ‘One Bake Two Ways'
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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Here's where kids and teens can get freebies for completing their summer reading
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.
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Businesswoman & girl mom: Tips and strategies on how to do both
Maria chats with Nicole Walters about being BOLD and for the parents, how to translate skills from parenting to the business world.
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Living BOLDLY with Nicole Walters
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...
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June's Banned Book Club pick, “Flamer”
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 takes fresh look at societal trends in ‘Revenge of the Tipping Point'
Malcolm Gladwell’s “Revenge Of the Tipping Point” will be published Oct. 1
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Banned Book Club's May pick
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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Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92
Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors, has died at age 92.
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Paul Auster, prolific and experimental man of letters and filmmaker, dies at 77
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...
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Founder of Get Konnected Colette Phillips on her new book & upcoming event
Founder of Get Konnected! Colette Phillips recently came out with the book, “The Includers.” She visits the studio to discuss the conversations around leadership and connection with others, in addition to her upcoming event.
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Book ban attempts reached historic high last year, library association says
The association says that 4,240 individual book titles were targeted for removal from schools and public libraries — a sharp increase from the previous high of 2,571 in 2022.
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Banned Book Club's March pick
A new month means a new book for the Banned Book Club. Lessa Kananiʻopua Pelayo-Lozada, the former president of the American Library association, discusses the March read: “Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That a Movement Forgot.”
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Local libraries struggle with soaring costs of e-books — and they only lease them
Libraries across the U.S. are struggling to cover the cost of e-books, which have grown in popularity.
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New York Times best-selling author Lisa Genova talks Alzheimer's awareness in novel ‘Still Alice'
Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias affect about 5.8 million people in the United States, according to a CDC estimate. New York Times bestselling author Lisa Genova’s new novel, “Still Alice,” raises awareness for those affected by Alzheimers. She discusses the perspective that the book offers as well as the film adaptation released in 2014.
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Congratulations, today is your day: A free book giveaway to honor Dr. Seuss' birthday
Babies born this coming Saturday could get a birthday present featuring a guy who knows how to have fun — The Cat in the Hat.
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A scholar discovers stories and poems possibly written by Louisa May Alcott under a pseudonym
The author of “Little Women” may have been even more productive than previously thought. A Northeastern University postdoctoral teaching associate believes he found work that Louisa May Alcott wrote under several pseudonyms for local newspapers in Massachusetts. Some of the 20 or so stories and poems found were also written under Alcott’s own name. One story written under the pseudonym...