I stared back at her. She asked again, in English, “Sir, are you Ukrainian?” She was pointing to my yellow and blue baseball cap.

Jennie Allen s new picture book, What to Do with Your Whirly, Swirly Thoughts, designed to help children understand and ...

Bochner died of cancer at his Santa Monica, Calif., home at the age of 81 on Nov. 1, 2005. According to The New York Times, ...

The opening round best-of-three series are in the books and the Class 3A state tournament quarterfinals will take on a decidedly District 2-3A feel next week. Four of the eight teams in the next round ...

A swarm of children chattered and giggled as they left Santa Fe’s downtown library, moving swiftly in the way that youngsters do when told to walk but not run. Their chaperones were just as cheerful — ...

As the sun shone down on Santa Barbara Shores Park, children watched with their parents as a librarian turned the pages of a ...

Santa Barbara, CA – The Santa Barbara Woman’s Book Club is proud to announce that Hal Price, 14-time international bestselling author and beloved local literary figure, will be the featured speaker at ...

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Alumnus Jason Roberts (Cowell ’89, literature) was awarded the 2025 Pulitzer Prize on May 5, for his biography, Every Living ...

Across categories of reporting, biography, history, and nonfiction UC alums from four campuses produced urgent work of the ...

Whether it’s thrilling adventures of Sci-Fi worlds, or a transformative emotional journey, these 5 brilliant fiction writers ...

The best-selling author will visit LibroMobile Bookstore in Santa Ana for a special reading and book signing May 24 for his ...