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Salman Rushdie releases the lush fairy tale "Victory City," the author's first novel since he was attacked on stage with a knife last August.

The plight of independent bookstores in the age of Amazon seems simple: live or die.
But the Jan. 31 closing of BookBar, a drink-and-read concept that opened a decade ago in Denver’s Berkeley neighborhood, is more complicated. Various forces, from burnout and a minimum wage increase to owner Nicole Sullivan’s growing nonprofit and her other bookstore, The Bookies, have made it impossible to continue running BookBar, she said.

The American Library Association announced the winners of the 2023 Youth Media Awards, honoring the best in children and young adult media, Monday.

Pamela Anderson shares the brains behind the beauty in her new memoir, "Love, Pamela," and more new book releases this week.

Joan Didion's archives, including letters, wedding pictures, manuscripts and screenplay drafts, joins the library's collection.

At its best, the latest touring Broadway production of “Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird” finds crackling energy in its dialogue and performances, arcing from actor to actor during scenes of ever-glowing intensity.

Anne Heche opens up about the struggles she faced while dating Ellen DeGeneres and abuse over the years in her posthumous memoir, "Call Me Anne."

Pamela Anderson writes about an on-set interaction she had with Tim Allen on the set of "Home Improvement" in her upcoming memoir "Love, Pamela."

The documentary "Judy Blume Forever," premiering at Sundance Film Festival, explores how Judy Blume changed the way coming-of-age stories were told.