Court orders review of gender queer book's classification after challenge by...
The Australian classifications review board has been ordered to review its assessment of the book Gender Queer, after the federal court found the board had ignored, overlooked or misunderstood public...
View ArticlePope Francis to publish Hope, the first memoir from a sitting pontiff
Pope Francis has written an autobiography, publisher Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced. Hope, which will be published globally in January next year, is the first such book written by a sitting...
View ArticleThe University of Cincinnati Press to shut down operations
The University of Cincinnati announced on Thursday that the University of Cincinnati Press will shut down on June 25. In a release, the university said that it had "determined that the long-term...
View ArticleTexas condemned for placing book on colonization in library's fiction section
Anti-censorship advocates have joined book publisher Penguin Random House in condemning a Texas county that reclassified an account of European settlers' colonization of Indigenous Americans as fiction.
View ArticlePublishers sign petition condemning 'theft' by AI companies
An online petition and statement condemning the unauthorized use of creative works to train generative AI has reached 13,500 signatories, including novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, Saturday Night Live actor...
View ArticleBook bans live on in school district now run by democrats
For two years, the Republican Pennridge School Board, north of Philadelphia, governed with a burst of ideological energy. It instituted book bans and curriculum rewrites — the sort of politics pushed...
View ArticleNobel and Pulitzer winners denounce 'dangerous' Israel cultural boycott
More than 1,000 figures from the literary and entertainment industry – including several Nobel laureates, Pulitzer prize, and Booker prize winners – have signed an open letter against "illiberal and...
View ArticlePEN America report confirms school book bans are surging
PEN America has released its most recent report documenting public school book bans for the full 2023-2024 school year, finding 10,046 bans nationwide—a more than 200% rise over the previous school...
View ArticleFreedom to read advocates notch a legal victory in Alaska
After a favorable legal ruling in August, freedom to read advocates in Alaska have scored a significant victory in court over would-be book banners. In an October 31 filing, the Matanuska-Susitna...
View ArticleDutch publisher to use AI to translate 'limited number of books' into English
A major Dutch publisher plans to trial translating books into English using artificial intelligence. Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK) – the largest publisher in the Netherlands, acquired by Simon &...
View ArticleEveryLibrary warns that U.S. election results mean more uncertainty for...
The last few years have been difficult for libraries and librarians, amid a surge in politically motivated book bans and legislative attacks on libraries and library workers. And with last night's...
View ArticleABA CEO warns of new challenges post-election
In a letter to American Booksellers Association membership accompanying the publication of Wednesday's Bookselling This Week newsletter, ABA CEO Allison Hill provided cautious words of encouragement...
View ArticleMacmillan marketing VP's election post stirs anger
On November 6, in response to president-elect Donald Trump's win on Election Day, Mariel Dawson, VP of marketing at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, posted a pro-Trump graphic on her personal...
View ArticlePercival Everett and Samantha Harvey favourites to win 2024 Booker prize
Percival Everett and Samantha Harvey are the bookies' favourites to win the 2024 Booker prize. American author Everett was Ladbrokes' frontrunner before the company closed bets on Monday morning, with...
View ArticleHachette employees protest new conservative imprint
A group of employees at Hachette Book Group have penned a letter to management condemning the announced launch of a new conservative imprint, Basic Liberty, and hiring of Thomas Spence, former...
View ArticleOrbital by Samantha Harvey wins the Booker Prize 2024
Orbital by Samantha Harvey, the only British writer shortlisted this year, has won the 2024 Booker prize, the UK's most prestigious prize for fiction. Harvey's tale of six fictional astronauts on the...
View ArticleFlorida officials report hundreds of books removed from schools
Florida's department of education has released a list of more than 700 books that were "removed or discontinued" from schools across the state after changes to a state law last year that allows...
View ArticlePenguin to acquire Amber-Allen publishing backlist
Penguin Publishing Group, the division of Penguin Random House, will acquire the publishing assets of Amber-Allen Publishing, the independent publisher of personal development books that has been a...
View ArticleTrump threatens to sue Penguin Random House
President-elect Donald J. Trump is threatening to sue Penguin Random House and the New York Times for $10 billion over allegedly "false and defamatory statements" contained in articles written by...
View ArticleAustralian authors giving every federal politician five books to encourage...
Some of Australia's most prominent authors are among a group of more than 90 writers and literary supporters who have paid for every federal parliamentarian to receive a carefully curated package of...
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