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Han Kang has won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024

Oct 10 2024: The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024 is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang, “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”. You can see Han Kang's brief bio and books listed on BookBrowse here.

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Imprisoned British-Egyptian activist named PEN writer of courage 2024

Oct 10 2024: British-Egyptian writer, software developer and activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been named this year’s PEN writer of courage. The 42-year-old is still in prison in Egypt, despite having completed his five-year sentence for allegedly “spreading false news”.

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Sourcebooks is matching gifts to Binc for book & comic people impacted by hurricanes

Oct 09 2024: As Hurricane Milton heads toward Florida and recovery efforts continue across six states in the wake of Hurricane Helene, Sourcebooks is matching all gifts made to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation up to $10,000, regardless of size.

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Desert Island Comics launches fundraiser to avoid closure

Oct 06 2024: Desert Island Comics, the Brooklyn, N.Y.–based comics shop specializing in alternative, independent, and underground comics, graphic novels, art books, screenprints, and zines, is reportedly being priced out of its storefront on Metropolitan Ave. in the rapidly ...

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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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