Fans of Harry Truman might want to know that on Sept. 2 a new, short bio of the former Missourian will be published. The author is respected historian Robert Dallek and publisher Henry Holt says that “Harry S. Truman” is…

Like several local cultural organizations, the St. Louis Public Library  has started a group to attract young professionals. This group, of course, is particularly for those love books and want to support the city library. 

Luckily, this should be a no-brainer for energetic city residents: The library…

The movie version of “Twilight” has gotten moved up. It will now be released on Nov. 21. (It had been scheduled for Dec. 12.)

“Twilight,” along with a CGI-animation feature by Disney called “Bolt,” will now get the Nov. 12 date. They…

Yue Pang, who graduated from Clayton High School in 2007, has an essay in “We Are Quiet We Are Loud: The Best Young Writers and Artists in America.”

To make the anthology, Yue’s essay was selected from among the thousands of…

Sue Dittmar went to Kira Salak’s book signing earlier this week. (See Reviews for Dale Singer’s piece about Salak’s first novel, “The White Mary.)

Thanks to Sue for reporting on this: Salak must have incredible stamina and courage to go some…

A book arrived in my office today that probably should go into every Missouri school that caters to kids 9-12 (and maybe even older). It proclaims itself a “ramble-scramble” biography of Mark Twain. 

“The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of…

The St. Louis Jewish Community Center opens its annual used book fair this Sunday, Aug. 10, Preview Day.  Organizers say that the first 100 people to let in rush the books like stampeding shoppers at a hot day-after-Thanksgiving sale.

Obviously a lot of…

The 30th YMCA Book Fair won’t be at the Carondelet branch this year.

On reason apparently is that the sale, which starts Aug. 22, often comes during the heat and humidity of a Midwest summer and the YMCA’s Carondelet branch…

St. Louis teens who stayed up for “Dawn” (if not until dawn) seemed delighted Monday with the final book in the Stephenie Meyer paranormal romance series.

Rosie Ruzicka, who bought her copy of “Breaking Dawn” at a Borders at South…