News of note for readers: October 10, 2023

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days!

• Are co-op bookstores the future of bookselling? (BookRiot)

• John Steinbeck letters, journals, and manuscripts to be auctioned (BookRiot)

• How Terry Pratchett lives on (The Guardian)

• The Baillie Gifford Prize shortlist is announced (The Guardian)

• This Book Is Banned introduces little kids to a big topic (NPR)

• How I learned to stop worrying and love Edgar Allan Poe (NPR)

• Revisiting the first magazine for Black children (The New York Times)