Join the National Book Foundation on a Summer Reading Adventure to celebrate 75 years of the National Book Awards! Whether you loved summer reading challenges as a kid or want to try one out for the...

A growing number of shoppers will be supporting their independent neighborhood bookstores on Small Business Saturday

The award-winning graphic novelist writes: "I thought I’d given up on fairytales. But in the end, it was a fairytale after all."

Specifically Stamped From the Beginning, STAMPED: Racism, Antiracism and You, and Antiracist Baby.

The National Book Foundation announced today that LeVar Burton, acclaimed actor and entertainment industry professional, will host the 70th National Book Awards on November 20, 2019 at Cipriani Wall...

Legislation has passed that would honor Lorain native and author Toni Morrison by designating her birthday, Feb. 18, as “Toni Morrison Day” in Ohio, according to the Ohio House of Representatives.

The foundation is adding a new prize to recognize works in translation.

Laila Lalami, Marlon James, and Sarah M. Broom are among this year’s contenders.

Among the 20 finalists of this prestigious award, 15 are women this year

The ten contenders address weighty topics like addiction, sexual assault, war, and incarceration.

Of the ten authors long-listed for this year’s National Book Award for Fiction, only one has been a previous contender for the prize.

Black abolitionist David Ruggles opened the first Black-owned bookstore in 1834, pointing the way to freedom—in more ways than one.

The country singer, whose foundation gives away a million books a month, celebrated a milestone at the Library of Congress on Tuesday.

This year, books in contention include a novel that takes place during sixty seconds in an elevator and the story of an activist’s awakening.

We talked to the famed 'Star Trek' actor about his past, present, and future.

Fable, the social reading online book club, launched a new book club with celebrity LeVar Burton, who will select three books to highlight, and one for the club to read together, every three months.

The National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards,  announced that it will award Art Spiegelman with the 2022 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (DCAL). Best...

America’s favorite book spokesperson LeVar Burton is taking his talents to Twitter to give readers of all ages a little escapism in the form of a soothing story hour. Burton announced yesterd…

Twenty five books, spread across five categories, were named on Tuesday, including fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The winners will be announced next month.

He wrote a history of racist ideas and the blockbuster How to Be an Antiracist, but that doesn’t mean Kendi is done learning or teaching. In fact, he’s only just getting started.

Many of this year’s contenders observe the violence of empire and excavate histories that have been forgotten or erased.

Between 2009 and 2015, the number of independent bookstores grew by 35 percent. This happened during the so-called "retail apocalypse," which has pitted Amazon against every retail outlet in America.

It’s time to unveil this year’s 5 Under 35 list from the National Book Foundation, which recognizes outstanding debuts from writers under 35. This year’s list—selected by a group …

Jason Reynolds! The two-time National Book Award Finalist, and current National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, will host the 71st National Book Awards on November 18, 2020. “To be at the…

This year’s contenders write about New Orleans, Northern Ireland, the southern border, and more. History—and how it inflects the present—is the presiding theme.

This year’s longlist includes three début novels.

The 5 Under 35 Award winners are part of the smallest, most prestigious fiction writers group in the country.

Van Nuys native Paul Yamazaki, a longtime veteran of San Francisco landmark City Lights, will receive a lifetime honor at the National Book Awards next month.

The $25,000 cash prize will recognize a writer of a

The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature

Rewatch the 69th National Book Awards, hosted by Nick Offerman! It's the biggest night in books, featuring the presentation of lifetime achievement awards to Doron Weber and Isabel Allende, followed...

Author, creator, and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power showrunner Noelle Stevenson is about to get personal. HarperCollins has announced her latest project, a graphic novel memoir called The Fire...

Yes, we know they're technically called "MacArthur fellows." But for this group of artists, scientists and scholars, the term fits well enough as any other.

The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Fiction

This year’s contenders often take on America and the construction of national narrative.

“Maus” cartoonist Art Spiegelman will receive an honorary National Book Award this fall, a medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Fiction

The list includes three débuts and only one repeat nominee.

These five young female writers should definitely be on your radar.

This year’s nominees often mine the past for lessons.

The ten contenders for this year’s list.

Several of this year’s volumes reckon with the violence of imperialist ambitions.

The nonfiction prize went to Les Payne and Tamara Payne for “The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X.” The crime novelist Walter Mosley received a lifetime achievement award.

In 2017, the National Book Foundation began the Literature for Justice program to highlight books that contribute to the dialogue around mass incarceration and justice. Since then, the need for tho…

This year’s longlist includes eight fiction débuts.

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