Posted on April 29, 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!
Not about war
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Former Prime Minister Liz Truss's memoir, Ten Years to Save the West: Lessons from the Only Conservative in the Room, made more of a ripple than a splash on UK bestseller charts (The Guardian).
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These book adaptations — big- and small-screen — will either continue or premiere in May (Book Riot).
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CJ Sansom, author of the Shardlake historical novels, has died at the age of seventy-one (The Guardian).
About war
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PEN America has canceled the 2024 World Voices Festival, in the face of authors withdrawing from the event over the organization's response to the war in Gaza (PEN America).
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Authors C Pam Zhang and Safiya Noble have withdrawn as keynote speakers for a University of Southern California graduation ceremony, over the administration's treatment of pro-Palestinian protesters (Literary Hub).
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Also supporting these students, beyond USC, are several publishers, including Verso and Haymarket, who are offering free downloads of relevant ebooks (Literary Hub).
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