Posted on February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the politics-adjacent bookish articles of the past few days.
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Author Ian McEwan said at a book event last week that he believes legalized assisted dying should be "gradually" given to those with dementia, a disease that has affected his own family and appeared in his writing (The Guardian).
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Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo wants a renewed focus on diversifying the reading material in British school curricula, saying that the progress so far has been too slow and that attitudes toward inclusivity are souring (The Guardian).
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Kelly Jensen's weekly list of book ban and challenge news — which this week goes beyond the US borders and into Canada — opens with literary ways to support Minneapolis in the face of the federal ICE invasion (Book Riot).
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Jensen also reported on updates to consulting contracts in a Texas educational service center that prohibits mentions of "DEI-related language or themes" in all materials — including books (Book Riot).
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