New distractions and diversions are precipitously driving down the share of young people who are reading for pleasure.

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Banned Books Week highlights efforts to limit access to books, but the debate often results in people talking past, not to, ...

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A judge for this year’s Booker Prize, Kiley Reid is one of contemporary fiction’s most incisive voices. Her debut, Such A Fun ...

The reading volunteer nurtured a genuine love for reading among my class. By listening rather than teaching, they removed the ...

As an educator, I have never heard of a teacher being upset about a student reading ahead of her class. You are right: It is ...

The sophisticated writing takes its time, with characters’ happiness scarce and almost always stolen. Advertising maestro Don ...