CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) Council has elected Lesliediana Jones and Shauntee Burns-Simpson to serve on the ALA Executive Board. Elected board members will begin a three-year ...

The Public Library Association (PLA) will set the stage for the largest public library conference in the world with Hot Takes and a Conference 101 session to orient and connect more than 5,000 ...

The Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table announce ‘Tongues,’ ‘Insectopolis’ and ‘The Night Eaters’ win the inaugural Outstanding Comics for Adults Awards ...

The Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table announce ‘The Boy Wonder,’ ‘Raised by Ghosts’ and ‘Teen Titans’ win the inaugural Outstanding Comics for Young Adults Awards ...

A Guardian and a Thief,” by Megha Majumdar wins 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and “Things in Nature Merely Grow,” by Yiyun Li, wins the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for ...

Flores, author of "The Pecan Sheller," and Vanessa L. Torres, author of “On the Wings of la Noche,” are the 2026 recipients of the Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award, Children’s Author Award, and ...

The American Library Association praised the Prison Libraries Act, introduced today by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO-5), along with co-leads Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH-11), and Rep. Valerie Foushee ...

Renée Watson, author of “All the Blues in the Sky,” and Cátia Chien, illustrator of “Fireworks,” are the 2026 recipients of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott Medals, the most prestigious awards ...

CHICAGO — The 2026 Stonewall Book Awards for Adult Non-Fiction and Literature were announced Sunday, Jan. 25 by the Rainbow Roundtable of the American Library Association (ALA), during a virtual event ...

Producers WeatherHunters, Inc. and Silver Creek Falls Entertainment, Inc. are the 2026 recipients of the Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award for “Weather Hunters.” The award was announced ...

Neal, author and illustrator of “Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa,” were named the winners of the 2026 Robert F. Sibert Medal for the most distinguished informational book for children ...

Author and illustrator Jonathan Fenske is the 2026 recipient of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for “Stop That Mop!” published by Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.