News of note for readers: June 6, 2024

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

• Handwritten ‘draft’ of Albert Camus’s L’Étranger sold in Paris for €650,000 (The Guardian) 

• Colson Whitehead’s Crook Manifesto wins $50,000 Gotham Prize (Associated Press) 

• Costco plans to stop selling books year-round (The New York Times)

• Baillie Gifford will no longer sponsor Borders and Cheltenham literature festivals (The Guardian)