Books

When putting together the book censorship news this week, it felt like each story was trying to one up the next, ranging from the ridiculous to the truly chilling. We’re seeing an increase in lawsuits and legal involvement, from residents suing officials for banning books, to parents suing teachers for reading LGBTQ books in class,

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I’m lucky: I live in the suburbs of a large city. There are two independent bookstores within a ten minute drive from my house, and several more chain and independent bookstores within 30. If I want to have a perfect book discovery moment, I can make it happen without much trouble.  But the thing is,

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NPD BookScan recently shared a report showing an LGBTQ book sales surge in the U.S. The sales of LGBTQ fiction in 2021 was 5 million, twice as much as they were in 2020. The surge has only continued in 2022, with a 39% increase so far. The increase has been led by young adult novels,

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Netflix’s new Persuasion trailer features Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot from Jane Austen’s 1817 novel Persuasion, but with a twist. The original novel follows Anne Elliot eight years after her family convinced her to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth. Now that Anne’s family is renting to Frederick’s sister and her husband, Anne and Frederick

In an interview with The Times to promote his new book, author James Patterson claimed that it was hard for white men to get writing jobs, both in the entertainment industry and in publishing, calling it “another form of racism.” He continued, “Can you get a job? Yes. Is it harder? Yes. It’s even harder

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This is the 34th year of the Lambda Literary Awards, which recognizes excellence in LGBTQ books in a variety of categories, including Bisexual Fiction, Lesbian Romance, Transgender Poetry, LGBTQ Studies, and much more. They are the largest LGBTQ book award, and they are usually presented in a ceremony in New York City. This year, they

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Yesterday, LeVar Burton was interviewed at The View about his career and the impact of Reading Rainbow as well as discussing the new documentary Butterfly In the Sky. He discussed how the show was “counterintuitive” at the time, since television was seen as the antithesis of education, but he saw the potential to use technology

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As part of its summer programming, the New York Public Library is giving away 500,000 free books to kids and teens this summer, starting yesterday! All you need is a library card — and you can sign up for one there if you don’t have one yet. The selections include picture books, chapter books, and

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Goodreads has revealed the most popular and best reviewed new books of the year so far. To compile the midyear list, the Goodreads’ editorial team analyzed the TBRs of more than 140 million members. The rankings were determined not only by which books were added to wish lists the most, but also by which books

Rayla Campbell, a candidate running for Secretary of State in Massachusetts, is building her campaign for the position through social media posts targeting queer books and Pride-themed displays at libraries throughout the state. Campbell is a conservative Black woman endorsed by the state’s GOP. Taking to social media, Campbell is dedicating herself to visiting public

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An unburnable copy of The Handmaid’s Tale has been sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $130,000. The often banned book by Margaret Atwood was chosen by Penguin Random House to be made unburnable as a way to protest recent book bans across the United States and the world. The publishing company hopes it will “stand

Publishers have reported that audiobook sales are up for the 10th straight year. Details of the increase come from the Audio Publishers Association’s (APA) Sales Survey conducted by InterQ. The survey shows how audiobook revenue in 2021 was $1.6 billion, marking a 25% increase and the tenth straight year of double digit growth. There were

At the halfway point of the year, Barnes & Noble has announced their picks for the best books of 2022 so far. While they don’t explain who picks these selections or how they are selected, it’s notable that this list is different from B&N’s Bestselling Books of 2022 (So Far). That one includes books published

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CatholicVote, which calls itself “America’s top Catholic advocacy organization,” has launched a “parent-led movement” called Hide the Pride to “empty libraries of LGBTQ content aimed at kids.” It encourages members of the public to first collect signatures protesting library Pride displays containing children’s books, then to check out all of the books on display. They

I’ll speak from the heart and say yet once again that listening to audiobooks is on equal terms with reading physical books. I acknowledge that the experience is different, but through audiobooks, I personally was able to open doors to book genres that I would not read on a normal basis. One genre I rarely

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