Posted on March 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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Hear the highlights from the Brooklyn Public Library's annual Night in the Library — an adult sleepover within the stacks (Literary Hub).
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A lawyer for Raynor Winn, currently under scrutiny over claims that she fabricated parts of her memoir The Salt Path, has acknowledged that Winn published a book before the memoir — which is notable because The Salt Path won a £10,000 prize (about $13,400) for debut writers (The Guardian).
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More memoir news, albeit about one that is openly fictional: Don DeLillo has agreed to reprint his 1980 novel Amazons, an erotic satire about the first woman to play in the National Hockey League (The New York Times).
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Kelly Jensen profiles the heroic work of librarian Luann James, who has pushed back against the Rutherford County Library System Board's attempts to censor materials (Book Riot).
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The Terror: Devil in Silver, based on Victor LaValle’s novel The Devil in Silver, will premiere on AMC+ on May 7 (Deadline).
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Learn which five titles have made it to the shortlist of the annual Inside Literary Prize, which is decided exclusively by incarcerated readers (Center for Justice Innovation).
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