Irish author Edna O'Brien dies aged 93
The Irish writer Edna O'Brien, who explored the complications and contradictions of women's lives in a literary career lasting more than half a century, has died aged 93 after a long illness, her...
View ArticlePEN America Union, management reach tentative agreement
PEN America United, the staff union at PEN America, reached a tentative agreement with management on July 10. Details of the agreement have yet to be disclosed. The agreement follows 21 months of...
View ArticleDeb Futter adds Flatiron to purview, with Megan Lynch up as Bob Miller exits...
Deb Futter, president and publisher of Celadon Books, has taken on additional responsibilities as president and publisher of Flatiron Books. She succeeds Flatiron founder Bob Miller, who will depart...
View ArticleCourt approves Barnes & Noble's purchase of Tattered Cover
On July 30, a federal bankruptcy court approved Barnes & Noble's acquisition of Tattered Cover, setting the stage for the next chapter in the renowned bookstore's history. The move marks a swift...
View ArticleThe 'Southwest Review' launches New Pony Press
The Southwest Review, the literary journal founded in 1915 at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, is entering book publishing for the first time in its 108-year history.
View ArticleFreud's writings get an update—30 years in the making
Sigmund Freud is having something of a moment. Psychoanalysis is suddenly everywhere: on such hit shows as Couples Therapy, where troubled lovers probe their unconscious minds; in upstart magazines,...
View ArticleU.S. copyright office releases part one of AI report, calls for new legislation
The U.S. Copyright Office has released part one of wide-ranging report on the impact of the recent artificial intelligence boom—and "digital replicas," more commonly known as deepfakes, are the first...
View ArticlePope Francis says future priests should read poetry and fiction
Pope Francis has said that reading novels and poems is valuable in "one's path to personal maturity" and should be encouraged in the training of future priests. Novelists CS Lewis and Marcel Proust as...
View ArticleFlatiron to debut Pine & Cedar imprint with S.A. Cosby's next book
Flatiron Books will launch a new imprint, Pine & Cedar Books, in summer 2025. Flatiron executive editor Christine Kopprasch has been named VP and publisher of the imprint, which will publish...
View ArticleUtah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban
Books by Margaret Atwood, Judy Blume, Rupi Kaur and Sarah J Maas are among 13 titles that the state of Utah has ordered to be removed from all public school classrooms and libraries. This marks the...
View ArticleInaugural inside literary prize empowers incarcerated readers
At the inaugural Inside Literary Prize ceremony, held at the New York Public Library's flagship location in Manhattan on August 1, authors and advocates reflected on the significance of the first...
View ArticleOpen Road launches geo-targeting service to fight book bans
In an effort to give consumers the chance to read books that have been banned by various localities, Open Road Integrated Media has started a new marketing service, the Free Voices Geo-Targeting...
View ArticleAdvocates react to Utah ban of 13 books in schools and libraries: 'It's a...
Library associations, free speech groups and advocates are expressing outrage and concern after the state of Utah ordered 13 books to be removed from public school classrooms and libraries in...
View ArticleAppeals court delivers a mixed decision in Iowa book banning case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on August 9 vacated a December 2023 injunction blocking parts of Iowa's controversial book banning law, SF 496. But the move could only be a temporary...
View ArticleNearly £250,000 raised for Liverpool library damaged by rioters
A fundraising campaign has raised nearly £250,000 to repair a library in Liverpool that was torched by rioters during unrest earlier this month, with hundreds of authors pledging to donate their books.
View ArticleIn Glasgow, Worldcon worked to put Hugos controversy behind it
In a spirited five-day celebration, held August 8–12 at the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow, Scotland, crowds converged from all over the globe for the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention, known...
View ArticleDozens of UK school librarians asked to remove LGBTQ+ books, survey finds
More than two dozen school librarians in the UK have been asked to remove books – many of which are LGBTQ+ titles – from school library shelves, according to new survey data.
View ArticleAuthors sue Anthropic for copyright infringement over AI training
The artificial intelligence company Anthropic has been hit with a class-action lawsuit in California federal court by three authors who say it misused their books and hundreds of thousands of others...
View ArticleRuth Johnson Colvin, founder of Literary Volunteers of America, is dead at 107
Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded what became one of the world's largest organizations of volunteers tutoring basic language skills to functionally illiterate peoples in America and other lands,...
View ArticleSurvey finds most Americans unengaged with book banning efforts in public...
One of the persistent themes to emerge from the ongoing nationwide surge in book banning is that the bans are being pursued by a vocal, politically motivated minority. This week, a new survey report...
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