John Schu is a best-selling author, a children’s librarian and a tireless evangelist for the power of a blank page. By Elisabeth Egan Elisabeth Egan is an editor at the Book Review and the author of ...

It wasn’t just an ordinary notebook — it was a brand-new notebook, and it took me a while to understand my appreciation for it. As I watch the yellow buses take to the road each morning and again each ...

After years of committing to an all-digital writing system, I’m coming back around to physical notebooks. I can recall more of what I write by hand than what I type into the Notes app, and I like ...