Posted on April 3, 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!  

  • Scholars and journalists are noting the similarities between the titles and cover designs of J.D. Vance's two memoirs and works by Black feminist bell hooks, whose works came out years before Vance's did (Literary Hub).

  • Siena Oristaglio provides a guest post on how an interactive approach can help librarians protect intellectual freedom, as the leader to Kelly Jensen's weekly collection of book ban and challenge news (Book Riot).

  • All prison librarian positions at Canada's federal institutions are set to be cut (CBC).

  • Bonnie Garmus is releasing her second novel on October 13; Peck & Peck follows a young man whose life is turned upside down when he begins working at a prestigious — and dysfunctional — poetry journal (Kirkus).

Categories: Today in Books

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