News of note for readers: March 25, 2026

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!  

• See which six books have made it to the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction shortlist; the winner, who receives £30,000 (over $40,300), will be announced June 11 (The Guardian).

• A new three-part TV series on Charles Dickens will come out this year as part of the UK's National Year of Reading (BBC).

• Four booksellers in Hong Kong have been arrested on suspicion of selling “seditious titles," and the store at which they work has been raided, with several titles taken off the shelves (Literary Hub).