Posted on October 6, 2025 at 8:44 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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Learn all about Banned Books Week 2025, which began yesterday and runs through Saturday; this year's theme is Censorship Is So 1984: Read For Your Rights (American Library Association).
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If you want to teach kids in your life about censorship, Ashlie Swicker shares three books to start with (Book Riot).
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The beloved PBS show Reading Rainbow is officially back; hear how Mychal Threets, aka Mychal the Librarian, was approached for the hosting gig and reacted to the invitation (The New York Times).
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The Best American Poetry series, which released one volume of seventy-five poems each year, is ending, however (The New York Times).
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The shortlist for the Goldsmiths Prize, which honors mold-breaking fiction, has been released; the winner will be announced November 5 (The Guardian).
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Jilly Cooper, author of eighteen novels including Riders and Rivals, died Sunday at age eighty-eight (The Guardian).
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