This summer, Judy Moody, her younger brother Stink, and the rest of their family and friends jumped off of the pages of the bestselling nov...

Nearly five years ago, on August 25, 2006, as a result of a vote at the meeting of the International Astronomical Union, Pluto lost its stat...

I'm in a frenetic mood -- mode? -- this week, as I get ready to leave L.A. for a spell to teach, or, really, facili tate a fiction writi...

Ba and Moon are twin brothers from Sao Paulo, Brazil who have created some wonderfully introspective graphic novels. De:Tales , from 2006, ...

Ah the apocalypse. Will we ever get tired of reading about you? These days, you can't turn around in the YA section of the bookstore or ...

Recently, Leila reviewed the Loveless collection . In the comments, I noted how much I had loved the series when it was coming out. In resp...

Apologies all around for the delay in this post but to all those who contributed to the GLW Book Fair for Ballou Sr High School in Washingto...

Katherine Tucker Windham, a historian and storyteller, passed way this Sunday. She was known for collecting and preserving southern folklore...

Billy Collins has quite a reputation among U.S. readers of poetry as a somewhat folksy, wry sort of poet. He draws large crowds for his read...

Despite the show at the center of its story, Spinning Out is thankfully far removed from the peppy nonsense of the High School Musical fr...