Posted on March 28, 2025 at 11:52 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!
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Kelly Jensen summarizes the book-banning trends we've seen in the first quarter of this year, in her leadup to the week's news on this matter (Book Riot).
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Ashlie Swicker shares a number of resources that those looking to improve media literacy — including librarians — could use as teaching tools (Book Riot).
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French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, accused of undermining Algeria's territorial integrity, has been sentenced to five years in prison and fined despite international pressure to release him (The Guardian).
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Sunrise on the Reaping, the latest installation in Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games series, has vastly outsold other books in the collection during its first week of availability (Scholastic).
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The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods by Mikey Please — the illustrated books category winner — has won the overall Waterstones Children’s Book Prize; Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces by Carlos Sánchez was tops in the the younger readers category, while King of Nothing by Nathanael Lessore won for older readers (The Guardian).
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