Well, this is a real pickle. Famed author Jodi Picoult, 56, stunned fans this week when she revealed in a TikTok video how to properly pronounce her last name. The native Long Islander has ...

After the last question, you’ll find a list of books about or by the people highlighted in the quiz. The Book Review Quiz Bowl appears on the Books page every week with a new topic. Click here ...

Hosted by the Sacramento branch of the California Writers Club, the all-day free event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Shepard Garden & Art Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. in East Sacramento.Last ...

The open letter and accompanying petition asking publishers "to make a pledge that they will never release books that were ...

I’ve recently heard some sharp comments from friends about male authors publishing books under female names. The pseudonyms are sometimes gender-neutral, but in genres dominated by women ...

“Although it is obviously laughable that our picture book, ‘Read Me a Story, Stella,’ shows up on their list of censored books simply because the author’s last name is ‘Gay,’ the ...

An Alabama public library system says it mistakenly added a children’s picture book to a list of books containing explicit material because the author’s last name is Gay.

How do you organize your books? 9 authors share their favorite shelves. Shelfies by Elin Hilderbrand, Diana Gabaldon, Garrett Graff, Vanessa Riley, ... also by authors’ last names.

The 2025 Sacramento Book Festival returns with bestselling authors, 140 participants, kids’ programming and a community book drive in East Sacramento.

Authors are sorted by default by an author’s first and last name, making it more intuitive to find an author quickly. Previously, by default, it sorted by the author’s last name and first name.

"Read Me A Story, Stella" was added to a book list of potentially sexually explicit books at the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library because the author's last name is Gay.