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If you’re ready to kick back, relax and dive into some must-read books this summer, librarians with the Forsyth County Public Library and staff at Bookmarks in Winston-Salem have some suggestions. Each year, the Forsyth County Public Library hosts a summer reading program to give Forsyth County residents of all ages the chance to sign up and participate in the program, Brian Hart, library director of Forsyth County Public Library, said. Participants gain entries into a prize drawing by either completing a Summer Reading Bingo Card that lists numerous activities or logging books read. â�...

By Sharyn Vane Special to the American-Statesman Pen feels most at home when she’s baking or cooking for her community. Xander’s trying to find his own version of home, far from where he was born. How the two discover where they truly belong is at the heart of Austin author Laekan Zea Kemp’s debut young-adult novel, “Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet” (Little, Brown, $18.99). The pair’s budding romance is part of a powerfully layered coming-of-age story that also delves into identity, friendship and expectations. Kemp launches the book Tuesday virtually at BookPeople. “I think ...

Jan 29, 2021 Helped by big gains in downloadable audio sales, overall sales of audiobooks posted eight consecutive years of double-digit increases through 2019, according to the Audio Publishers Association’s annual sales survey (conducted by independent research firm InterQ). And 2020 looks like it will have a similarly sunny result. In its monthly StatShot report, the Association of American Publishers said sales of downloadable audio from trade publishers were up 15.2% through the first 11 months of the year over the same period in 2019, offsetting declines in the much smaller physi...