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Booksellers step up to help bookstores hit by hurricane Helene

Oct 04 2024: Even as the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation continues to raise funds to dispense to booksellers in need, other organizations and bookstores in the South are doing what they can to provide information and assistance to their fellow booksellers most affected by...

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In Arkansas, book banners dealt another legal setback

Oct 03 2024: In yet another major win for freedom to read advocates, a federal judge has ordered the Crawford County Public Library in Arkansas to stop segregating books deemed inappropriate by some local residents into special “social sections,” and to return the books to general ...

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2024 National Book Award shortlists announced

Oct 01 2024: The National Book Foundation has announced the 2024 National Book Award shortlists. The winners in each of the five categories—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people's literature—will be announced during an awards ceremony on November 20.

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Macmillan launches limited editions brand, Fablelistik editions

Oct 01 2024: Macmillan has announced the launch an operation unique to large publishers, one that it says is dedicated to reinforcing the concept of books as works of art. The Fablelistik Editions brand has been two years in the making, said Fablelistik publishing director Taylor ...

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Meryl Streep to star in series adaptation of ‘The Corrections’ from Jonathan Franzen, CBS Studios

Sep 27 2024: Meryl Streep could soon have her next major TV role. Variety has confirmed with sources that Streep is attached to star in a series adaptation of the Jonathan Franzen novel “The Corrections.”

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International Publishers call on Frankfurt to cut ties with Israel

Sep 26 2024: Publishers for Palestine, an international coalition of more than 500 publishers, issued an open letter on Tuesday demanding that organizers of the Frankfurt Book Fair cut ties with Israel. In the letter, the coalition, which formed last November, called for Frankfurt ...

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On appeal, Llano County seeks book ban ruling that would upend public libraries

Sep 25 2024: At an appeal hearing this week in a closely watched book banning case, lawyers for rural Llano County, Tex., told the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that it should strike down a three-decade-old precedent and hand politicians near total authority over what books can go ...

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ALA finds book challenges are slowing in 2024

Sep 23 2024: Is this a sign of progress? With Banned Books Week 2024 underway, the American Library Association released its preliminary data documenting attempts to censor books and materials in public, school, and academic libraries, finding that the number of tracked challenges ...

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