News of note for readers: October 6, 2023

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past day!

• Spotify to give premium subscribers access to 15 hours of free audiobooks per month (Variety)

• The emotional (and financial) toll of book bans (Book Riot)

• Meet the man who invented fantasy (Slate)

• How the war in Ukraine impacted David McCloskey's Russia spy thriller (NPR)

• Where to start with Jon Fosse, part 1 (The Guardian)

• Where to start with Jon Fosse, part 2 (The New York Times)