Posted on September 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM 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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Here are the six finalists for Barnes & Noble's 2025 Discover Prize, which celebrates debut novels (B&N).
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Irish author Sally Rooney couldn't attend an awards ceremony this week because she feared arrest if she entered the UK, given her support of the banned group Palestine Action, according to her publisher (The Guardian).
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A judge has revived a lawsuit from estate of late author Michael Crichton against the TV show The Pitt; last year, Crichton's widow filed the suit, saying the estate must be involved with (and paid for) any reboots or spinoffs of the show ER and that The Pitt is, in fact, a reboot or spinoff (Literary Hub).
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Scholastic has launched a streaming app for kids, featuring over four hundred hours of content based on its books, like Clifford the Big Red Dog, The Magic School Bus, Goosebumps, The Baby-Sitters Club, Animorphs, and more (Variety).
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Brittany Allen analyzes the business strategy behind Barnes & Noble's latest move to bail out — by purchasing — struggling indie bookstores (Literary Hub).
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