With fall well on its way and the last bits of summer heading out the door, it can only mean one thing: brand-new Monthly Picks! September promises a stellar month of new releases, and these paperbacks are the best starting point. From a Pulitzer Prize winner to a bookish romantasy and more, these are our […]
Kate DiCamillo joins us to talk about her work from Because of Winn Dixie to The Puppets of Spelhorst and beyond. DiCamillo and co-host Jenna Seery discuss her start as a writer, the joys a good book can bring, the importance of reading for young people and more. We end this episode with TBR Top Off book recommendations from […]
Wow, wow and more wow: Here are the 12 finalists for our 2023 Book of the Year. The program, now in its fifth year, asks B&N booksellers across the country to nominate a title they find truly outstanding and in which they have felt the most pride in recommending to readers over the previous year. […]
Read this guest post from Kate DiCamillo about how she uses the world around her to write stories.
It’s the first week of May which means it’s time to celebrate! Not only is school about to be out for the summer, but it’s also Children’s Book Week — one of the longest-running national literacy initiatives in the country. This year, Every Child a Reader has chosen the theme “Read Books. Spark Change” — […]