Posted on May 12, 2025 at 12:21 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 limited-series adaptation of Judy Blume’s Forever, told through a Black lens, is now available to stream (Netflix).
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The movie Practical Magic 2, a sequel to the adaptation of Alice Hoffman's novel, is set to come out in fall 2026 and star Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock (Deadline).
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Actors Channing Tatum and Pedro Pascal have joined authors George Saunders, Max Porter, and Hanif Abdurraqib as contributors to Canadian musician and poet Mustafa's upcoming anthology, Nour (The Guardian).
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The DAG Foundation has announced the five finalists for the DAG Prize for Literature, which will give $20,000 to an early-career writer (Literary Hub).
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Today marks the first day of the first-ever Translated By, Bristol, a literary festival focusing on, unsurprisingly, translated literature (The Guardian).
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Kelly Jensen's weekly roundup of book banning news opens with a look at the three states that considered legislation targeting their state libraries (Book Riot).
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Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to hold this position, was fired with just a year left in her term (Literary Hub).
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