There is a remarkable event going on in the world of journalism. In the Jan. 14 issue of the New York Review of Books, the scholar and political essayist Tony Judt announced that he was dying.

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There is a remarkable event going on in the world of journalism. In the Jan. 14... (San Francisco Chronicle)

Copies of "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "Amelia Bedelia" and "The Berenstain Bears" are filling donation boxes at Dranesville Elementary School in Herndon as third-grade students part with some of their favorite books and ask their friends to do the same.

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N.Va. couple's quest is to give South African school a library (Washington Post)

A young trailbike rider has helped reunite the son of a former All Black with two stolen historic rugby books, but his rare book is still missing.

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Historic rugby books found (Stuff)

"At long last, scientists have developed a 'sniff test' to measure the telltale aroma of old books and irreplaceable historical documents. You know the smell - that 'combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an underlying mustiness,' as the authors put it.

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The Smell Test: Using Aroma To Date Rare Books (Arts Journal)

He reigns atop USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list; she brings his No. 1 'The Last Song' to the big screen.

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Author, actress share a love story (USA Today)

I spent my first 5 years living in the Vanderveer section of Brooklyn, NY. My very earliest memory in life was of a large stack of Little Golden Books that sat on the floor, next to a big 1950's style sofa.

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Little Golden Books (San Francisco Chronicle)

Those arrested on Bainbridge Island with marijuana in their possession can't be charged with the crime.

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Bainbridge Council Wants More Data on Putting Marijuana Statute on the Books (Bainbridge Islander)

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND —Those arrested on Bainbridge Island for small amounts of marijuana possession aren’t prosecuted under any law dealing with pot.

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Bainbridge Council Wants More Data on Putting Marijuana Statute on the Books (The Kitsap Sun)

The skill with which Ron Rash’s tales are constructed is apparent in “Burning Bright,” a new book of stories.

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Rural Pride and Poverty and a Hen’s Empty Nest (New York Times)

Some of Wales' oldest books saved from being sold

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Rare reads (BBC News)