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Leisure activities flourished in 19th-century Britain, as legislation was passed limiting the length of the working day and working week, giving people more free time. If you’re struggling to know how to spend your own free time this summer, take a leaf out of the Victorians’ book with these strangely…

Digital Public Public Library fights back against rightwing censorship with resource that works through geo-targeting

The Isaac Asimov prequel novel 'Prelude to Foundation' was just retconned in a big way in the Apple TV series 'Foundation.' Here's what those changes mean for the show and the books, too.

West Texas residents are organizing over their love — or concern — for books. Meanwhile, from Lubbock to Midland and Odessa, librarians are trying to reaffirm libraries’ role as community hubs.

The Booker-longlisted Nigerian author on the elementary appeal of Sherlock Holmes, crying with LP Hartley and the joys of rereading

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A Georgia school board has voted to fire a teacher after officials said she improperly read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class

As ever, the costumes steal the costume drama in the show that takes Jane Austen’s last, incomplete novel and runs with it