CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 26 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * "James," "A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon" receive 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) selects "James," by Percival Everett, published by Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, as the winner of the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 26 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * ALA to U. S. Department of Education: Book bans are real WASHINGTON - The American Library Association released the following statement in response to the January 24th announcement that the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is arbitrarily dismissing student and parent complaints arising out of public schools' documented acts of censorship and  more