Fussy’s favorites: Week of March 20, 2022

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our reader blog this week.

Pack your bags 

• Check out China's Pingtan Book House 

• Check out a Beatrix Potter exhibit and classic cookbooks

Book battles  

• Texas librarian says she was fired for not removing books 

• 'Twitter disputes' cost one author a chance to win a Lammy Award 

• Dutch press will no longer publish The Betrayal of Anne Frank

• Librarians share their struggles

Save the date 

• Dolly Parton to star in, produce the adaptation of her novel 

• Watch the official trailer for Where The Crawdads Sing 

• New books are coming from Kate Atkinson and John le Carré

Free reads 

• Read a short story by Ladee Hubbard

• Wild just turned 10; here's a scene from its first draft to celebrate 

• Read an excerpt from French Braid