READING, Pa. - The proprietor of a bar in Reading is looking to give back this holiday season. The owner of Topher's Tenth and Elm Cafe plans to give out 50 meals to folks in need. He's asking anyone ...

The fashion designer is celebrating 45 years in the industry with his runway show this week.

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There’s something special about reading for pleasure. It’s not just about learning, but about nurturing our mental health, building empathy and keeping our creativity alive. As an avid reader myself, ...

My Jan. 7 column about my own reading of 2025 included the sobering statistic that pleasure reading — news included — is down by 40% since 2003. And that a 2022 survey showed only 38% of Americans had ...

“Once scorned by purists as the fake Rolexes of the reading world”, audiobooks are booming, said Nilanjana Roy in the Financial Times. As the industry continues to thrive, the definition of what it ...

Every January, many of us resolve to finally read more. A new book appears on the nightstand, an audiobook gets downloaded, or we dust off an old library card. We keep finding our way back to it ...

In a world full of distractions, it can be challenging to find the time to escape into literature, but it is never too late to get back to reading. The top of the new year is the perfect time to ...

If you read a book in 2025—just one book—you belong to an endangered species. Like honeybees and red wolves, the population of American readers, Lector americanus, has been declining for decades. The ...