Steve Berry discusses his book, The Patriot Threat, as part of the Salon@615 author series.

This is the most irreverent book I have ever read, and I mean that as a compliment.

We need diverse books! I’m sure you’ve heard this phrase or seen the hashtag on twitter in the past year. Per statistics compiled by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, only 36 out of 3,500 children and young adult books published in 2014 were written by Latino authors.

Minecraft, a computer game where everything is made of blocks, is sweeping the nation. Everywhere you look you can find children playing the game, reading the books, or begging adults to buy them Minecraft merchandise at the store. There are many benefits to playing the game, and they can all be summed up in five letters – STEAM.

  Don’t leave the apartment. Never let anyone in. Don’t kill anyone. These are the rules that Deanna Madden lives by.

There’s no better way to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month than by discussing some of the amazing books by Latin American authors in the Wilson Limited Editions Collection.

This year we are blessed with children’s books by two masters of illustration, Marvin Bileck and Christopher Myers, who provide glimpses into extraordinary, imaginary worlds. Check them out!

 A Southern family dynasty romance? I’m so in. I have a real soft spot for Southern literature and family sagas, so to put those together was very exciting.

Next week is Banned Books Week – a holiday with which you may not be familiar, but trust me, it’s big news around libraries.