Wednesday was Dolly Day across West Virginia — and it was a real page-turner. That’s Dolly as in Dolly Parton, the country music superstar-turned advocate for the printed word. The state’s Department of Education and Board of Education hosted read-aloud events across West Virginia ...
Morgantown has a large and passionate community of readers — enough to support a bevy of bookstores, including two large chains and many smaller specialty shops. The reading community is not known for moderation when acquiring books. So, naturally, there was a lot of excitement when rumors ...
by Chris Vognar Publisher’s Weekly recently reported that book sales for the first half of the year are down once again, continuing a trend that has accelerated since the pandemic. As usual, I seem to be out of step. After a few years of joining the Kindle cult, I am back to my ...
The Book Exchange in Morgantown has been supplying WVU students with books, supplies and spirit gear for over 90 years. As WVU has only been around for 156 years, the Book Exchange has been a part of student life for a significant portion of the university’s history. The flagship ...
by Steven Roberts The intolerance impulse from the left is as odious as it is from the right. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies are wrong for banning books that, as I’ve written, “feature characters who don’t conform to a conservative Christian straight white view of ...
A book club that doesn’t talk about books. The thought may seem strange, but the ladies of the Ingleside Book Club, Morgantown’s oldest book club, have 100 years of proof that the concept is a good one. As they approach the 100th anniversary of the formal literary club in April 2023, ...