Posted on December 26, 2024 at 3:00 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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Arvyn Cerezo is the latest person to wonder — and ask industry experts — if BookTok is past its peak (Book Riot).
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Popeye and Tintin are among the creations entering the public domain in 2025 (NPR).
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Christopher Nolan's next movie is an adaptation of The Odyssey by Homer; the film is set to premiere July 17, 2026, and will feature "brand new IMAX film technology" (Deadline).
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A federal judge has struck down parts of an Arkansas law that allows for book banning and punishing library workers (Book Riot).
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William Labov, the founder of sociolinguistics and the author of The Social Stratification of English in New York City, died December 17 at age ninety-seven (The New York Times).
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Jacques Roubaud, who was both a mathematician and an award-winning French poet, died December 5 at age ninety-two (The New York Times).
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