Posted on September 25, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There's a post of every length in this roundup of coverage of the fight for the freedom to read. NPR...

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Posted on September 22, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The 2023 Booker Prize shortlist has been unveiled, and what's most newsworthy about the selection is interestingly different among publications....

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Posted on September 21, 2023 at 12:07 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are three more stories about book bans and challenges. Levar Burton will lead Banned Books Week: The Reading Rainbow...

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Posted on September 20, 2023 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Celebrities from other arenas are lending their voices to the fight against book bans. The Guardian reports that LeVar Burton,...

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Posted on September 18, 2023 at 3:03 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publisher that previously released a book by Russell Brand is cutting ties with the comedian for the foreseeable future....

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Posted on September 18, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The good news is, these lawsuits don't have to do with book bans. In fact, the libraries referenced in the...

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Posted on September 15, 2023 at 3:47 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two stories on novels and novelists finding their way into other spheres ... Author Kazuo Ishiguro will publish a collection...

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Posted on September 14, 2023 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Anyone who uses the internet knows well that viral attention can be both good and bad. Today's examples underscore that...

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Posted on September 14, 2023 at 12:32 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Guardian had two chuckle-worthy articles on historic nonfiction books worth sharing. The more recent one is the Oxford English...

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Posted on September 13, 2023 at 2:06 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The author of a new biography of Elon Musk has admitted to and clarified an error in one online excerpt...

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