Storytelling across families as well as the blending of literary forms, such as poetry, comics and prose, are a staple in the Indigenous literary works recommended below. A novel, poetry and young adult...
For any students hoping to get into the sinister season with a new story, the perfect spot has just reopened its doors.
Located in Southtown, the recently relocated horror bookstore and publishing...
Knowledge is both a powerful tool and a privilege to acquire. Resources, such as our local public libraries, provide us with the opportunity to indulge in an overabundance of knowledge and allow us to...
On April 15, the Central Library hosted the 11th annual San Antonio Book Festival. The festival served as a place for book signings, author meet-ups and food truck fun.
Festivities began at 10 a.m....
“Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people.” So wrote Heinrich Heine, one of Germany’s greatest poets — Heine spoke of book burning, a practice involving the burning of books...
Author of the beloved Chicano novel, “The House on Mango Street,” Sandra Cisneros took part in a panel discussion sponsored by AARP Texas (American Association of Retired Persons) during Hispanic Heritage...
The Texas Organizing Project (TOP) has recently launched the Quiero Leer book drive, a community project that seeks to add hundreds of new books to the Bexar County Jail library. The local book drive is...
Are you a fantasy fanatic looking for a new book series? “Graceling” by Kristen Cashore explores a Tolkien-like world filled with unforgettable characters and an unbelievable plot.
“Graceling”...
This week is all about books within the realm of time travel! Most time travel books fall under the Sci-fi genre and can be immensely entertaining. There are the classics, like “The Time Machine,”...
If you have visited a local book store, you have probably seen an aisle or section dedicated to contemporary books.
“What are these and why are they grouped together?”: I used to ask myself this...
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This week is all about aliens! Yes, you read that right, aliens. I used to avoid the entire “space” genre as if it were the plague. People would tell...
