The Santa Maria Public Library offers a variety of monthly book clubs for adults that meet in the library’s Learning Loft, 421 South McClelland St.

Monterey Peninsula College is introducing new courses at Monterey Adult School starting this spring. The new partnership will ...

People often stop reading in adulthood because they're fatigued from school book assignments or just don't have the time.

Whether with quilting or hemophilia care, sometimes it's necessary to learn lessons the hard way, writes columnist.

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If you don’t have the energy for New Year carousing, pick up these books instead. There are nights when the dance floor beckons but the bones refuse. When the urge to party arrives, it may be too late ...

The woman who was almost Wisconsin’s state superintendent of schools says 2026 needs to be the year that the adults in charge ...

Readers find a classroom trend of assigning shorter texts “troubling.” Also: Reaction to President Trump’s naming of a ...

A 2024 American Library Association report noted kids spend just 6 minutes daily reading for pleasure. Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images Daily adult-child reading ...

A recent survey shows fewer people are reading for fun in the U.S. Researchers say it’s concerning, since reading can have a significant impact on our health. 2 GOP senators back effort to nullify ...

Research shows the share of American adults reading for pleasure has dropped dramatically, a trend that's raising health concerns among experts. Exclusive: Trump White House torpedoes Biden attempt to ...

TOKYO (AP) — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Now I report from Tokyo. After seven years, I still can't grasp ...