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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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Book about book bans banned by Florida school board

Jun 11 2024: A book about book bans has been banned in a Florida school district.

Ban This Book, a children’s book written by Alan Gratz, will no longer be available in the Indian River county school district since the school board voted to remove the book last ...

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Is the New York Times bestseller list politically biased?

Jun 11 2024: The New York Times is pure propaganda,” tweeted Elon Musk, a tech mogul, in March. Mr.Musk was responding not to the newspaper’s coverage of his companies or of Donald Trump, but rather to the newspaper’s latest bestseller list. “Troubled”, a book by Rob Henderson, a ...

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Appeals court tells Texas it cannot ban books for mentioning ‘butt and fart’

Jun 09 2024: An appellate court has ruled that Texas cannot ban books from libraries simply because they mention “butt and fart” and other content which some state officials may dislike.

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