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Carla Hayden to speak at 2025 ALA conference

Jun 13 2025: The American Library Association has announced that Carla Hayden, who was fired from her job as the Librarian of Congress by the Trump administration May 8, will participate in a one-on-one conversation with bestselling author Kwame Alexander June 28 at this year’s ALA ...

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Judge denies preliminary injunction in ‘ALA v. Sonderling’ IMLS case

Jun 09 2025: In a decision that may prove catastrophic for the American library community, a federal judge has denied a preliminary injunction in American Library Association v. Sonderling, a case seeking to halt the demolition of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Tool to identify poisonous books developed by University of St Andrews

Jun 06 2025: A new tool to quickly identify books that are poisonous to humans has been developed by the University of St Andrews.

Historically, publishers used arsenic mixed with copper to achieve a vivid emerald green color for book covers.

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Edmund White, novelist and great chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85

Jun 04 2025: Edmund White, the American writer, playwright and essayist who attracted acclaim for his semi-autobiographical novels such as A Boy’s Own Story – and literally wrote the book on gay sex, with the pioneering The Joy of Gay Sex – has died aged 85.

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The NEA has turned its back on books—now what?

May 30 2025: Last month the National Endowment for the Arts canceled grants already awarded to hundreds of nonprofits, including a total of $1.2 million promised to 51 independent presses and literary organizations.

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Anti–book banning initiative gets industry support

May 29 2025: The Book Manufacturers Institute, a trade association for book printers and their suppliers in North America, is joining the industry’s fight against book bans. Through the “BMI Challenge,” the association is encouraging its 110 members donate to We Are Stronger Than ...

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Ngugi wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87

May 28 2025: The Kenyan writer Ngugi wa, who was censored, imprisoned and forced into exile by the dictator Daniel arap Moi, a perennial contender for the Nobel prize for literature and one of few writers working in an indigenous African language, has died aged 87.

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Russia arrests publishers, accuses them of distributing ‘LGBT Propaganda’

May 28 2025: On May 14, Eksmo, Russia's largest publisher—accounting for approximately 20% of the market—sent a letter to "all interested organizations," which included booksellers and other partners of the publisher, with a list of 50 titles to be "disposed of on site or returned ...

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