Posted on November 4, 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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Mike Flanagan is adding another Stephen King work to his adaptation resume: Carrie will become an eight-episode TV series streaming on Amazon Prime (Book Riot).
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Publishers Weekly previously announced its top ten books of 2024, but since then, it's added fifty exceptional titles for children and teens to the online version, with a tease for the full issue's 150 best books — fiction, nonfiction, and poetry — of the year (PW).
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PEN America's new report on book bans and challenges in US schools found more than 10,000 book removals in the 2023-2024 academic year, representing a roughly 200 percent increase from the previous year and comprising 4,321 unique titles (The New York Times).
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Speaking of PEN America, its CEO, Suzanne Nossel, who has been under fire for the organization's response to the Israel-Gaza war, is stepping down to lead another advocacy organization called Freedom House (Literary Hub).
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