Posted on April 9, 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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Starting on May 20, you won't be able to buy or download books onto a Kindle device that predates 2013 (Ars Technica).
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The American Library Association and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees have settled their lawsuit against Keith Sonderling, former acting director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, over Trump administration attacks on that agency (Book Riot).
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Sara Cohen has revealed herself as the real person and real name behind bestselling author Freida McFadden (The Guardian).
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The official trailer for the movie adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt's Remarkably Bright Creatures has dropped; the film premieres on Netflix on May 8 (YouTube).
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Octavia E. Butler's sci-fi classic Parable of the Sower, thirty-plus years after it was published, is being adapted for film (Variety).
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Virginia Evans's The Correspondent (adult fiction), Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (adult nonfiction), and Char Adams's Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore (debut adult) are among this year's Indies Choice Book Award winners (American Booksellers Association).
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Speaking of awards, writer Helen DeWitt had to turn down one; she said she isn't capable of the extensive promotional activities required of Windham-Campbell Prize recipients (The Guardian).
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