Posted on January 23, 2026 at 11:59 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!
serious stuff
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Here are some of the ways that Twin Cities bookstores — and, thus, readers anywhere — are helping protect Minnesotans during the state's march against ICE and daylong economic boycott (Literary Hub).
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One store is gathering book donations for Community Aid Network MN and certain schools, so that kids staying safe at home can have reading material delivered (Red Balloon Bookshop).
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Starting next month, Arkansas will ban all physical books, magazines, and newspapers from being delivered to prisons, in a move that advocates warn will be copied by other states (Book Riot).
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Kelly Jensen opens her weekly roundup of book bans and challenges by noting the long-term negative effects of restricted access on younger readers (Book Riot).
A mixed bag
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Katie McLain Horner shares legislative updates that concern libraries from Maine, Illinois, and New York (Book Riot).
on the lighter side
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Producer Michael B. Jordan recently assured fans of Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean series that while public details remain scarce, work on the Fourth Wing TV adaptation is certainly ongoing (Screen Rant).
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Spotify is reportedly developing a feature called Page Match, which will allow you to scan a print book's page and have the Spotify app cue up the exact spot in the audiobook (Mashable).
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With the remainder of musician Tom Verlaine's archives going to the New York Public Library, Brittany Allen looks at the other musical holdings of the NYPL (Literary Hub).
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