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Ismail Kadare, 88, dies; His novels brought Albania’s plight to the world

Jul 01 2024: Ismail Kadare, the Albanian novelist and poet who single-handedly wrote his isolated Balkan homeland onto the map of world literature, creating often dark, allegorical works that obliquely criticized the country’s totalitarian state, died on Monday in Tirana, the ...

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The quiet crisis facing U.S. public libraries

Jun 28 2024: According to most recent data from the Institute of Museum and Library services annual Public Library Survey, released earlier this month, gate counts at U.S. public libraries (that is, in-person visits) rose in 2022 over 2021. Overall, however, physical library visits—...

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Authors against book bans officially launches

Jun 26 2024: After announcing their formation earlier this year, Authors Against Book Bans (AABB), a nascent organization of creators committed to defending the freedom to read, announced its official launch this week. In a release, reps said that the group of “writers, illustrators...

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‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books

Jun 25 2024: When, one Thursday morning last winter, I arrived at Battle library in west Reading, the library manager, Terry Curran, was sitting at the front desk writing a quiz. “It’s not a hard quiz,” said Curran, who was worried about attendance. “Often just the same two ladies ...

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Taika Waititi is taking on Percival Everett’s James

Jun 24 2024: In evergreen news, it seems that Hollywood has gotten its hooks into yet another beloved literary property. Taika Waititi, of Thor/Our Flag Means Death/Reservation Dogs-etc., is slated to direct the film adaptation of Percival Everett’s latest bit of wizardry: the best-...

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‘Extraordinary’ Joseph Coelho novel wins Carnegie medal for children’s writing

Jun 20 2024: Joseph Coelho has won the Yoto Carnegie medal for children’s books, marking the first time the prize has been awarded to a Black British writer.

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Barnes & Noble buying tattered cover

Jun 18 2024: Jarring news from Denver for the many fans of the Tattered Cover bookstore: Barnes & Noble is buying the storied, struggling independent for $1.83 million. Tattered Cover's owner--Bended Page--accepted B&N's offer late yesterday. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court must approve ...

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Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks state effort to ban books from school libraries

Jun 13 2024: On June 11, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the state Department of Education overstepped its authority by attempting to force the Edmond Public School district to remove two books the state had deemed inappropriate from its school library shelves, holding that ...

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