STAFFORD — $3,600! That is what the Golden Belt Community Foundation granted us with the Spring 2025 Community Grant.

ABCs of Kindness at School by Patricia Hegarty, illus. by Summer Macon (Rodale Kids, $8.99 board; ISBN 979-8-217-11549-5). 100,000 copies. The Academy VI: Rise of the Scorpions by T.Z. Layton ...

I was raised on the radio in a sense. From a very early age, I loved it. I loved the DJs, the music, the contests, the weekly countdowns, and even the stunts such as the music battles — remember the ...

In creating the biography, Shannon Smith said she made choices in describing Prince’s life that balanced accuracy with age-appropriate language for young readers. A children’s biography of music icon ...

Spotify is continuing its push into the world of books with a new Audiobook Charts discovery feature. The feature is available to explore starting today in the United States and United Kingdom for ...

For 50 years, Patricia Finn kept to the background and told other people’s stories. Now, in “The Golden Boy,” she’s finally telling one of her own. By Elisabeth Egan Reporting from Vancouver In ...

From Civil War sheet music to Vietnam radio and Iraq-era digital media, the entertainment that became morale equipment. War has always had a soundtrack. It has also had a bedside table. In every major ...

BOOKOFF, a secondhand media store, is opening its first Michigan location in Novi on Feb. 26. The store buys and sells used items like books, vinyl, video games, and anime, with most inventory sourced ...

Novelist Allen Levi talks faith, writing, and hope. Theo of Golden’s success is unique in some ways, both as a self-published novel and as a book centering on a Christian character. Theo is full of ...

Google announced on Wednesday that it’s adding a music-generation feature to the Gemini app. The company is using DeepMind’s Lyria 3 music-generation model to power the feature, which is still in beta ...

It’s the morning after the Critics Choice Awards, and “KPop Demon Hunters” has scooped up two trophies: best animated feature and best original song for “Golden.” It marks the first big award win of ...