Posted on February 13, 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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Maggie O’Farrell’s novel Hamnet was well-received when it came out, and the box office success of its recent adaptation has powered a resurgence in sales (Variety).
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Publisher Harlequin Enterprises is ending its historical romance line next year (Reactor).
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Leila Green Little — the lead plaintiff in Little v. Llano County, the case that has, unfortunately, given legal shelter to book banning — provides insight into the battle in the introduction to Kelly Jensen's weekly roundup of censorship news (Book Riot).
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PEN America has selected two longtime employees to serve as co-chief executives; those employees, Summer Lopez and Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, had already been serving as interim leaders since the previous leader left during controversy over PEN's response to the war in Gaza (The New York Times).
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