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The TV host has resumed production of ‘The Drew Barrymore Show,’ drawing the ire of striking members of the Writers Guild and Screen Actors Guild.

The heated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, chaired by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., with testimony from Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, put on display the national clash over library book bans.

The National Book Awards have dropped Drew Barrymore as the host for this year’s ceremony, a day after her talk show taped its first episode since the Hollywood writers strike began

Spotlight on partisan split of issue as Republicans push for works to be taken out of schools and libraries

Board will now consider permanent residents of the US and those who have made it their ‘longtime primary home’

A Virginia library that traces its roots to the 18th century could soon be shuttered over a dispute about children’s books that expose readers to gay, lesbian and transgender characters

Biographer Walter Isaacson offers a revealing but not that surprising portrait of Elon Musk in his biography of the tech billionaire

Following the recapture of escaped terror suspect Daniel Khalife, there will no doubt be an inquiry into the prison system and how an inmate managed to apparently strap himself to a van and be driven out under the noses of prison security. But whether another inquiry prompted by a prison…

Exclusive: James Norbury says he is fulfilling pledge made after his debut book landed him a six-figure deal

The first book-length study of digital literature in Africa has attracted a lot of academic attention. African Literature in the Digital Age: Class and Sexual Politics in New Writing from Kenya and Nigeria considers the role of the internet and new media in finding and shaping new audiences for literature.…

Walter Isaacson told Morning Joe Mr Musk has ‘many personalities’