Posted on August 11, 2026 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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Read an excerpt from The Responsible Party by Claire Carusillo (Literary Hub).
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You can also read an excerpt from this month’s Read With Jenna pick Sunlight Finds You by Laura Moriarty (Literary Hub).
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The hottest program at some libraries across the US? Workshops on how to opt out of various AI features (TechCrunch).
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Keigo Higashino, one of the most widely translated Japanese mystery writers, died July 23 at age sixty-eight (The Japan Times).
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Charles S. Faddis, who wrote books critical of the CIA — where he worked — and the US intelligence community before becoming a conspiracy theorist, died July 25 at age sixty-eight (The New York Times).
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Kelly Jensen shares how to advocate against four federal book-ban bills and against the end of funding for public school and library internet (Book Riot).
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A graphic novel adaptation of the first half of Rebecca Yarros's Fourth Wing to life is available for preorder, with an April 6 release date (Book Riot).
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Barack Obama will release a six-episode podcast called A Great Book with Barack Obama on Audible in September; the series will discuss books that have “profoundly shaped his worldview and our society” (The Guardian).
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