Gambit previews the New Orleans events coming up summer 2025.

Last week, the National Book Foundation announced a new — and very appropriate — host for the 2023 National Book Awards ceremony: actor LeVar Burton, known to many as an advocate for children ...

Beloved author LeVar Burton hosted a book reading at an Altadena library and shared the message behind his new book. This video was broadcast on Sunday, March 23, 2025.

Beloved author LeVar Burton hosted a book reading at an Altadena library and shared the message behind his new book. This video was broadcast on Sunday, March 23, 2025.

Longtime host of “Reading Rainbow” LeVar Burton held a reading on Saturday at the Altadena Library – weeks after the space reopened.

To mark the 75th anniversary of the National Book Awards, we’ve compiled archival images from the awards’ history and asked former and current leaders of the foundation to recount highlights ...

Star Trek star LeVar Burton just received a pretty big government honor. The beloved Reading Rainbow host was one of the 2023 National Humanities Medalists. For his impact as an actor and literacy ...

The National Book Awards honors the best in five fiction and nonfiction categories. Here's who is at the top of the list this year.

Coates will be presented with the Literarian Award by author and National Book Award Winner, his son, author, journalist and activist Ta-Nehisi Coates. Advertisement ...