Posted on July 31, 2026 at 3:14 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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Jerry Falade is denying that he used AI to write the novel Call Me, I’ll Hide the Body, which has been withdrawn from sale in the aftermath of the claims (The Guardian).
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Kelly Jensen analyzes how up to thirteen different US states are considering changes to their property tax structures that will significantly reduce library funding, in the opening to her weekly roundup of book ban and challenge news (Book Riot).
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On this day in 1944, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry took off on a flight from which he never returned; to mark the occasion, here are the first reviews of his beloved novel The Little Prince (Literary Hub).
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