Posted on August 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
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Kelly Jensen provides an update on the a lawsuit seeking to block the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services as well as a refresher on what has already happened (Book Riot).
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The memoir of Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who died by suicide earlier this year, will still be published; Nobody's Girl comes out October 21 (NPR).
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C-SPAN is launching a TV show this fall called America’s Book Club that will include conversations with a number of best-selling authors in a variety of Washington, DC, locales (Literary Hub).
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Jonathan Karp, the chief executive of Simon & Schuster, is stepping down from his current position but remaining with the company to launch an imprint that will only release six books per year (The New York Times).
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The teaser trailer for the movie version of Maggie O'Farrell's novel Hamnet is out; the movie, starring Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare and Jessie Buckley as Shakespeare’s wife, Agnes, will hit theaters on Thanksgiving (Book Riot).
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