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Tennessee library director fired after refusing to move LGBTQ+-themed kids’ books to adult section

Mar 31 2026: A Tennessee library director has been fired after she refused to relocate more than 100 LGBTQ±themed children’s titles to the library system’s adult section.

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Rising wartime costs rattle publishing’s global supply chain

Mar 25 2026: Last week, comics publisher Fantagraphics announced on social media that a ship carrying copies of Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken , a new anthology by cartoonist Roberta Gregory, had been struck by…

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Book Con 2026

Mar 24 2026: I will be attending Book Con on April 18 and 18 at the Javits Center in NYC. Is anyone from the community going? Norma

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Hachette pulls horror novel Shy Girl after suspected AI use

Mar 23 2026: Hachette Book Group has withdrawn a horror novel after allegations circulated online that its author relied heavily on artificial intelligence. The book is to be discontinued in the UK after being published in November 2…

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Nicola Solvinic is in the house!

Mar 22 2026: Please join us for a Q&A with Nicola Solvinic, author of the BookBrowse First Impression selection The Sister’s Curse and The Hunter’s Daughter, a recent BookBrowse Book Club pick. Nicola will be visiting Monday, 3/23 th…

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House committee advances national book ban bill

Mar 20 2026: The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce has moved ahead with House Resolution 7661, a bill that would prohibit federal education funds from being used in public school classrooms and school libraries alle…

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U.K. reverses course on ‘opt-out’ AI policy, industry says threat remains

Mar 19 2026: The U.K. government announced Wednesday that it is dropping its previously preferred approach of a broad copyright exception for AI training—a policy that would have effectively given AI developers a free pass to use vir…

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Here's a stat for you

Mar 17 2026: I just read that four million books were published in 2025. That means that if you read one book a week - 52 books a year - you’ve read 0.001% of them. One thousandth of one percent! That’s kind of depressing. I’m go…

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