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New books from George Saunders (“Vigil”), Poppy Kuroki (“Passage to Tokyo”), Thrity Umrigar (“Missing Sam“), Nikesha Elise Williams (“The Seven Daughters of Dupree”), Lynn Cullen (“When We Were ...

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The Palm Springs Film Festival is bringing back its Book to Screen program for its 2026 edition, in partnership with Deadline, and on Tuesday unveiled the lineup. Celebrating the intersection of ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) - The Palm Springs International Film Festival unveiled the lineup Tuesday for the return of its Book to Screen program slated for next month. Deadline's Matt Grobar will ...

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — The holiday spirit of giving is alive and well in Grand Haven, where community members are donating books through the Loutit District Library's Adopt a Book program. Now in its ...

Next year, booklovers at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) will be encouraged to read “Crying in H Mart,” a bestselling memoir about cultural identity and grief, the university announced this week. The ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Newborns at Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital will soon take home a free book. It’s part of a new partnership between the Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation, PNC ...

Margaret Atwood’s new “Book of Lives” is subtitled “a memoir of sorts” — and in fact, it’s a venerable sort, a cradle-to-rocking-chair telling of a celebrated life. Today, most books of this type are ...

The program review dossiers linked below were identified as being examples of well-written program summary narratives from various academic titles, ranks, and steps. Academics agreed to share their ...

Families of San Francisco children under the age of 5 can sign up to get a free book mailed to them once a month as part of a decades-old literacy program now debuting in The City. The San Francisco ...