Posted on December 22, 2025 at 12:00 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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Lou Cannon, a journalist who wrote several highly acclaimed books about Ronald Reagan, died Friday at age ninety-two (The New York Times).
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Allan Ludwig, whose book Graven Images: New England Stonecarving and Its Symbols, 1650-1815 helped inspire greater study of gravestones, died November 2 at age ninety-two (The New York Times).
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Children's author David Walliams has been dropped from HarperCollins and the Waterstones Children's Book Festival, in response to allegations that he behaved inappropriately toward female staffers at the publishing company (The Guardian).
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A new report from the US Government Accountability Office reveals that American library buildings are crumbling and more necessary maintenance is being deferred (Book Riot).
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Here are some notable creative works whose copyright is expiring at the end of this year (Public Domain).
Categories: Today in Books