Posted on January 7, 2026 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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Writers Against the War on Gaza ended its boycott of PEN America on December 31; it described the boycott as victorious and noted the financial contributions and official condemnations of actions in Gaza that had resulted from it (Literary Hub).
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Utah banned Wicked by Gregory Maguire, Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky from all public schools in the state; the state now forbids a total of twenty-two books — the most in the US — in its school system (Book Riot).
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah, three authors, two high school students, and one authorial estate quickly filed a First Amendment violation lawsuit over Utah's book banning (Book Riot).
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María Corina Machado — the Nobel laureate and a Venezuelan opposition leader — will publish The Freedom Manifesto, a book outlining her vision for her country, this year; the original publication date has been moved back from February 3 to March 17 to allow the author to address recent upheaval in Venezuela (The New York Times).
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Robert Munsch, author of a number of books including Love You Forever and The Paper Bag Princess, has announced that he wants his dozens of unpublished books to be released after his death; he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and dementia in 2021 and is currently eighty years old (CBC).
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