Posted on February 23, 2026 at 12:00 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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Michael Silverblatt, host of the long-running NPR show Bookworm, which interviewed a who's-who list of authors, died February 14 at age seventy-three (The New York Times).
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In honor of Silverblatt, Brittany Allen highlights five standout episodes of Bookworm (Literary Hub).
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Journalist and author Susan Sheehan, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Is There No Place on Earth for Me?, died Tuesday at age eighty-eight (The New York Times).
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The National Literacy Trust has found that fewer than one in ten UK boys ages 14 to 16 in the country read daily, with schoolwork, screen time, and sports demanding more of their attention (The Guardian).
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