Many classic books were originally self-published. Some of these notable indie authors were Mark Twain, Charles Dickens and Virginia Woolf. read more March is National Reading Month. March 2 is Read Across America Day, which falls on the birthday of beloved children’s book author Dr. Seuss. read more Mark David Chapman, who shot John Lennon, was reading The Catcher In The Rye when he was arrested. He believed that after killing Lennon, he would take on the soul of Holden. He once stated that the reason of killing John Lennon was to promote the reading of J.D. Salinger’s book. read more Mary Shelley began writing “Frankenstein” when she was 18 years old. The book was published two years later in January 1818, about 206 years ago. read more Matt Haig, a bestselling author of The Midnight Library & Reasons to Stay Alive, was diagnosed with ADHD and autism at age 46, shortly after publishing Midnight Library. A true mental health champion: “I wanted to end it all, but surviving and thriving is the lesson I pass on.” read more May is Get Caught Reading Month. Get Caught Reading is a campaign that was started in 1999 by the American Association of Publishers. Its goal is to remind people of all ages how much fun it is to read! read more Maya Angelou received more than 30 honorary degrees and earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination in 1971 for her poetry collection Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’Fore I Diiie. read more Maya Angelou was hired as Hollywood’s first Black woman movie director in 1971 to direct the film adaptation of her 1969 autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. read more metrophobia. Noun. an irrational or disproportionate fear of poetry read more Morioka Shoten Ginza is a tiny bookstore of “a Single Room with a Single Book” in Tokyo, Japan. This bookstore offers only one title every week and organizes events to discuss the book every evening. read more Most people don’t keep their New Year’s resolutions. Only 8% of those who make New Year’s resolutions actually keep them, according to the University of Scranton. read more Ms. Annie Ernaux, 82, is the 17th female writer to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature (2022). So far the prize has been awarded to 119 individuals since it was formed in 1901. read more «« « 21 22 23 24 25 » »»
Many classic books were originally self-published. Some of these notable indie authors were Mark Twain, Charles Dickens and Virginia Woolf. read more
March is National Reading Month. March 2 is Read Across America Day, which falls on the birthday of beloved children’s book author Dr. Seuss. read more
Mark David Chapman, who shot John Lennon, was reading The Catcher In The Rye when he was arrested. He believed that after killing Lennon, he would take on the soul of Holden. He once stated that the reason of killing John Lennon was to promote the reading of J.D. Salinger’s book. read more
Mary Shelley began writing “Frankenstein” when she was 18 years old. The book was published two years later in January 1818, about 206 years ago. read more
Matt Haig, a bestselling author of The Midnight Library & Reasons to Stay Alive, was diagnosed with ADHD and autism at age 46, shortly after publishing Midnight Library. A true mental health champion: “I wanted to end it all, but surviving and thriving is the lesson I pass on.” read more
May is Get Caught Reading Month. Get Caught Reading is a campaign that was started in 1999 by the American Association of Publishers. Its goal is to remind people of all ages how much fun it is to read! read more
Maya Angelou received more than 30 honorary degrees and earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination in 1971 for her poetry collection Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’Fore I Diiie. read more
Maya Angelou was hired as Hollywood’s first Black woman movie director in 1971 to direct the film adaptation of her 1969 autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. read more
Morioka Shoten Ginza is a tiny bookstore of “a Single Room with a Single Book” in Tokyo, Japan. This bookstore offers only one title every week and organizes events to discuss the book every evening. read more
Most people don’t keep their New Year’s resolutions. Only 8% of those who make New Year’s resolutions actually keep them, according to the University of Scranton. read more
Ms. Annie Ernaux, 82, is the 17th female writer to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature (2022). So far the prize has been awarded to 119 individuals since it was formed in 1901. read more
