Posted on August 1, 2025 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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Kelly Jensen examines the various state legislation aiming to protect the right to read in the opening to her weekly roundup of book ban and challenge news (Book Riot).
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Children's author Allan Ahlberg, who wrote such books as Burglar Bill, Peepo!, and Each Peach Pear Plum, died Thursday at age eighty-seven (The Guardian).
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Congratulations to the twenty-three poets laureate who have now received a $50,000 fellowship from the Academy of American Poets (Literary Hub).
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Ceci Browning hops on the trend of "read dating" — that is, using a love of literature to help you find the love of your life — that seems to be replacing more conventional apps and speed dating (The Times).
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