Posted on January 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM 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!

  • As author Neil Gaiman publicly denies the sexual assault allegations against him, the literary world — other writers, booksellers, Hollywood, and publishing — responds in a variety of ways (The New York Times).

  • Kate Mosse and Richard Osman are among the authors criticizing the UK government's proposal to let artificial intelligence companies "mine" artistic works, describing it as theft (The Guardian).

  • Letters sent among Winnie the Pooh author AA Milne, illustrator EH Shepard, and publisher Frederick Muller are headed to auction on Thursday; the rare papers, containing both words and drawings, could go for between £100 to £1,500 (about $123 to $1,845) apiece (The Guardian).

  • Here are five noteworthy revelations from Pope Francis's autobiography, Hope, which came out yesterday (NPR).

Categories: Today in Books

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