News of note for readers: September 9, 2024

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!

• Kelly Jensen has no patience for the authors who are just now commenting on book bans because their works are being targeted (Book Riot).

• Barbara Kingsolver is this year's recipient of the National Book Foundation's Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (Associated Press).

• Jerry Pinkney's original artwork and sketches for his children's book The Lion and the Mouse will be archived at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (NPR).

• Midnight Sun, Stephenie Meyer's retelling of her novel Twilight from vampire Edward Cullen's perspective, will become an animated series for Netflix (Variety).

• The latest Lord of the Flies movie adaptation will feature up-and-coming actors, but a very well established figure in the musical score arena (Deadline).

• The first trailer for the movie adaptation of Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, is out (The Wrap).

• Here are the eleven biggest BookTok hits of 2024, so far (Rolling Stone).