News of note for readers: November 4, 2025

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days!  

• Read an excerpt from Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts by Margaret Atwood (The Guardian)

• Listen to Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” (Literary Hub)

• The banning of Banned Books Week and other censorship updates (Book Riot)

• Libraries scramble for books after giant distributor shuts down (404 Media)

• Stephen King’s son among writers boycotting British Library event in solidarity with striking workers (The Guardian)

• Acclaimed South African author Zoë Wicomb dies at 76 (The New York Times) 

• A newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary (Associated Press)

• Get ready for these thrillifying adaptations coming out in November (Book Riot)

• Summer Scares 2026 is coming (Book Riot)