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The Louisville Free Public Library announced it's nearing its $1 million fundraising goal to expand its collection and lower book wait times.

Louisville Free Public Library’s new executive director, Heather Lowe, shares her reading recommendations for the winter season.

Looking for things to do and discover around Louisville? LPM’s Giselle Rhoden has the latest arts and culture news.

The 2025 Booker shortlist is made up of works by veteran authors, many of whom have several books under their belts — and a couple that have been on this list before.

Clay Risen is a deputy editor at the New York Times and author of “Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America.” He’s speaking Thursday at the Filson Historical Society's Gertrude Polk Brown Lecture Series.

A new Pynchon! A Tim Curry memoir! A 600-page doorstopper from a reclusive writer (not named Thomas Pynchon)! The fall is stacked with big book releases. Here's what we're particularly excited for.

Just published this week: A portrait of the lucrative drug-treatment industry; a memoir of a female firefighter; debut fiction from an Emmy-winning TV writer; and a brand new Karin Slaughter thriller.

LGBTQ+ journalist Nico Lang told the story of seven American families with transgender and nonbinary teens in their book, "American Teenager."

The Louisville Free Public Library hopes to spend $2 million on thousands of books to shorten the backlog.

"The Fate of the Day" the second book in a trilogy of the American Revolution, focuses on the middle years. A time where the outcome of the war was hanging in the balance. He speaks about it Monday in Louisville.