The cases against book bans
After a string of wins, significant developments loom in several book-banning lawsuits. Amid a three-year nationwide surge in book bans, 2024 began on a hopeful note for freedom-to-read advocates,...
View ArticleLibrarians, advocates sue to block restrictive new Alabama library policies
A group of families and librarians filed suit in federal court this week to block the implementation of new library material policies enacted by the Autauga-Prattville Public Library Board of Trustees...
View ArticleAlice Munro, short story master and Nobel Laureate, dies at 92
Canadian author Alice Munro died at her home in Port Hope, Ontario, on May 13. She was 92. Munro, who is best known for her many short story collections depicting the lives of those living in small...
View ArticlePEN America holds annual gala following months of turmoil
Capping off a tumultuous spring, free expression nonprofit PEN America held its annual Literary Gala on May 16 at the American Museum of National History in Manhattan's Upper West Side. The event,...
View ArticleU.S. book show 2024: meet the speakers
The 2024 U.S. Book Show will address issues impacting the publishing industry, including emerging technologies and AI, diversity, and the sales, marketing, and discoverability landscape. We'll also be...
View ArticleU.S. book show: book biz CEOs discuss navigating rapid changes
On May 22, more than 800 people from across the many sectors of the book business joined Publishers Weekly and the Association of American Literary Agents at NYU's Kimmel Center in Manhattan for the...
View ArticleU.S. book show: book biz CEOs discuss navigating rapid changes
On May 22, more than 800 people from across the many sectors of the book business joined Publishers Weekly and the Association of American Literary Agents at NYU's Kimmel Center in Manhattan for the...
View ArticleU.S. book show: book biz CEOs discuss navigating rapid changes
On May 22, more than 800 people from across the many sectors of the book business joined Publishers Weekly and the Association of American Literary Agents at NYU's Kimmel Center in Manhattan for the...
View ArticleSights and insights from the 2024 U.S. book show
The publishing CEOs who joined PW at the U.S. Book Show had a lot to say about artificial intelligence, from a number of perspectives. S&S CEO Jonathan Karp had the most colorful take, rejecting...
View ArticleRussian strike on Kharkiv printing house cripples Ukrainian book industry
The Russian missile strike on Kharkiv's Vivat printing house will significantly impact Ukraine's book publishing industry, reducing its overall capacity by 30-40%, Factor-Druk printing plant owner...
View ArticleRomance Writers of America files for bankruptcy amid bitter racism battle
For decades, the Romance Writers of America (RWA) served as a champion for the mostly female authors of one of the country's most popular – and denigrated – genres of fiction.
View ArticlePublishers sue Google over pirate sites
In publishers' ongoing fight to shutdown pirate sites, Cengage, Elsevier, Macmillan Learning, and McGraw Hill filed a lawsuit on June 5 accusing Google of promoting pirated copies of their textbooks....
View ArticleEnglish-language books are filling Europe's bookstores. Mon dieu!
Young people, especially, are choosing to read in English even if it is not their first language because they want the covers, and the titles, to match what they see on TikTok and other social media.
View ArticleAppeals court tells Texas it cannot ban books for mentioning 'butt and fart'
An appellate court has ruled that Texas cannot ban books from libraries simply because they mention "butt and fart" and other content which some state officials may dislike.
View ArticleBook about book bans banned by Florida school board
A book about book bans has been banned in a Florida school district. Ban This Book, a children's book written by Alan Gratz, will no longer be available in the Indian River county school district...
View ArticleOklahoma Supreme Court blocks state effort to ban books from school libraries
On June 11, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the state Department of Education overstepped its authority by attempting to force the Edmond Public School district to remove two books the state had...
View Article'Extraordinary' Joseph Coelho novel wins Carnegie medal for children's writing
Joseph Coelho has won the Yoto Carnegie medal for children's books, marking the first time the prize has been awarded to a Black British writer.
View ArticleIs the New York Times bestseller list politically biased?
The New York Times is pure propaganda," tweeted Elon Musk, a tech mogul, in March. Mr.Musk was responding not to the newspaper's coverage of his companies or of Donald Trump, but rather to the...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble buying tattered cover
Jarring news from Denver for the many fans of the Tattered Cover bookstore: Barnes & Noble is buying the storied, struggling independent for $1.83 million. Tattered Cover's owner--Bended...
View ArticleTaika Waititi is taking on Percival Everett's James
In evergreen news, it seems that Hollywood has gotten its hooks into yet another beloved literary property. Taika Waititi, of Thor/Our Flag Means Death/Reservation Dogs-etc., is slated to direct the...
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