Posted on August 7, 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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Libro.fm will soon add ebooks in addition to — and linked to — its audiobooks (Book Riot).
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A Florida school district that has already removed hundreds of books is now talking about whether high school libraries are actually needed (WUSF).
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Kelly Jensen unpacks what people who argue that a book banned in prison shouldn't be available in schools are truly thinking and seeking, in the opening to her weekly roundup of book ban and challenge news (Book Riot).
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Jason Arday, who resigned from his pioneering professorship University of Cambridge, says he was paid 1.4 million, in unspecified currency, for his upcoming memoir, which is currently still set for release in the US on August 11 and in the UK on August 27 (The Guardian).
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