Posted on March 12, 2024 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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State legislatures in both Delaware and Connecticut are seeing bills that aim to stop the wave of book bans sweeping the country (Book Riot).
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Actor Al Pacino will publish his first memoir, Sonny Boy, on October 8 (The Guardian).
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Prolific author James Patterson is launching a new middle grade series starring twins who witness key moments in US history; Tad Safran is the co-author of The Time Travel Twins, which releases September 9 (Associated Press).
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Novelists Paul Lynch (the most recent Booker Prize winner), Amor Towles, Elif Shafak, and Jhumpa Lahiri are among the many speakers announced for this year's Hay Festival (The Guardian).
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