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Authors Guild addresses publishers’ AI use

Apr 24 2026: The Authors Guild has released a statement criticizing publishing professionals’ use of AI tools following a report first published in the Bookseller that some editors have been uploading authors’ personal information, i…

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Hugo Awards finalists announced

Apr 23 2026: There are a ton of categories, so I won’t reproduce everything here. Nominees for the best novel are: A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (William…

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ALA opens National Library Week with challenged books list

Apr 21 2026: April 19–25 is National Library Week, and in recognition of Right to Read Day on April 20, the American Library Association has announced its top 11 most challenged books of 2025 as part of its 2026 State of America’s Li…

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Pew survey finds readers still prefer print books

Apr 17 2026: A new paper released last week by the Pew Research Center found that print books continue to be American adults’ preferred reading format, though digital formats continue to make inroads.

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Book industry unites to back authors

Apr 14 2026: With a growing number of authors facing threats and harassment driven by book bans, three of the nation’s largest publishers and a range of literary organizations have partnered with PEN America to create the U.S. Author…

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Michelle Collins Anderson, author of The Flower Sisters and The Moonshine Women, will be visiting!

Apr 09 2026: Michelle Collins Anderson will be taking questions from the BookBrowse community from April 14-16, stopping in at least once a day during that period. The discussion will open here around midnight April 14 (EDT) and clo…

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Trump administration withdraws appeal to 2025 IMLS decision

Apr 09 2026: Days after the Trump administration unveiled its plan to not fund the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in its budget for fiscal 2027, a federal court granted the administration’s request to withdraw its ap…

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Best Historical Fiction of the Century so far

Apr 08 2026: And because I love both lists and adding to my impossibly long TBR list… Bookriot has released their choices for the 50 best historical fiction titles of the century so far. How many have you read? 21 for me, and for t…

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    When No One Else Will
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    1940s Chicago nurse risks everything at an illegal women’s clinic during a high-profile trial of courage and sisterhood.
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    A Pair of Aces
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    Two women on opposite sides of the law team up to bring down gangster Lucky Luciano in this gripping novel.

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    A marine biologist rescues a Maine island menaced by a giant glowing jellyfish in this inventive debut.
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    A woman revisits a Southern summer camp where a counselor's death may not have been an accident.
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    Feast
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    In 19th-century France, a girl with a magical taste becomes a duc’s poison taster amid nobility and danger.
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