Seattle Reads is the library’s citywide book group, with more than 20 programs planned in April and May, including events with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón on May 16 and 17. Find a copy of “You Are ...

The 15 local poets include well-established writers in this region. They will read and sell their books. This is free.

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

In our survey about the best books since 1996, a number of authors split the vote — among their own titles. Here are 10 ...

Peggy Shumaker, a stalwart supporter of Alaska writers and the larger arts community, is a professor emerita from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a former Alaska writer laureate. Author of nine ...

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

Melinda French Gates, 60, has had a remarkable life — from her early days working as a computer scientist and manager at ...

In the Welsh village of Hay-on-Wye, where sheep outnumber people and books spill onto the streets, a quiet revolution began.

Warner-based poet and anthologist Matt Forrest Esenwine released a new anthology of children’s poetry at the start of the ...

A new book, ‘Celebration & Prayer’, offers behind-the-scene insights into the modern master’s art, life and belief ...

The name “Burnwater” came from an integrative art event inspired by the work of the blacksmith John Little. Now, it’s the name of his independent bookstore.