Newswire
Posted on February 4, 2025 at 3:50 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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A lawsuit against Idaho’s book-banning bill — specifically, its provisions for removing books from school and public libraries — has been filed, with the Authors Guild, several publishers, multiple bestselling authors, a school district, a teacher, two students, and two parents serving as plaintiffs (Book Riot).
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Author Neil Gaiman and his estranged wife Amanda Palmer are being sued by their child's former nanny for human trafficking; neither defendant has issued a new comment, but Gaiman has previously denied rape and sexual abuse allegations, while Palmer has said she is "profoundly disturbed" by them and asked for privacy (NPR).
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Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston and Black Girl You Are Atlas, written by Renée Watson and illustrated by Ekua Holmes, are the teen and younger-reader winners of the 2025 Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature, respectively (School Library Journal).
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Martha Stewart's first book, Entertaining, is returning to print after a long hiatus; demand for the rare copies has been high as younger generations discover Stewart via popular documentaries (The New York Times).
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