Daniel Montgomery’s love of books started as a youngster with weekly visits to the public library, which fittingly led him to a nearly two-decade career as an English teacher. As an educator, he ...

The abrupt closure of Baker & Taylor to public libraries has forced them to scramble to find alternative sources.

The book, which was checked out in 1943, has made its way back to the San Antonio Public Library in Texas from a person in Oregon Brian Anthony Hernandez joined PEOPLE as a writer-editor in 2023. He ...

Customers waited in a line that stretched for more than a block on the opening day of the fall Friends of the Library book sale on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. “It’s quite overwhelming whenever you think ...

Young adults are finding it harder to borrow books reflective of their lived experiences in their schools and public libraries. It isn’t because these stories don’t exist — they do — but because ...

You've probably seen those free book boxes around town where you can take a book or leave one, or maybe a CD by BJ Leiderman, who writes our theme music. Many of them are associated with a nonprofit ...

Books Among Friends offers Durhamites a unique deal: Get used books for cheap and simultaneously support the local library. The online bookstore is run entirely by the volunteers at Friends of the ...