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Scholastic Book Fairs' new diversity opt-in comes under fire

Oct 17 2023: Scholastic has responded to accusations of censorship at its book fairs stemming from the creation of a new diverse stories offering, called "Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice," which librarians and school officials hosting fairs must decide whether to offer or ...

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Free books for Florida residents to celebrate the freedom to read

Oct 13 2023: Book lovers launched an audacious plan this week to help readers trapped in Florida. A website called BannedBooksUSA.org will send censored and restricted books for free (plus the cost of shipping) to any library, school or person in the Sunshine State.

This airlift...

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Louise Glück, Nobel prize-winning poet, dies at 80

Oct 13 2023: Louise Glück, the Nobel prize-winning author and a former poet laureate of the United States, has died at the age of 80.

Her death was confirmed Friday to the Associated Press by Jonathan Galassi, her editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

A poet of succinct candor,...

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Boards trodden by Shakespeare found under floor of Norfolk guildhall

Oct 05 2023: Boards trodden by Shakespeare have been discovered under layers of flooring at England’s oldest medieval guildhall as it undergoes a big refurbishment.

The 600-year-old oak floorboards are believed to be the only surviving stage from the Bard's time.

The discovery...

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Nobel prize in literature 2023 won by Norwegian author Jon Fosse

Oct 05 2023: The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to 64-year-old Norwegian author Jon Fosse “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”. His works include the Septology series of novels, Aliss at the Fire, Melancholy and A Shining.

“His huge ...

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Three book buses roll out for October

Oct 04 2023: The progressive action group MoveOn’s Banned Bookmobile is on the road again to champion banned books. Penguin Random House’s Banned Wagon, a project of PRH’s Intellectual Freedom Taskforce and its consumer marketing team, is doing a weeklong tour of the South with ...

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Texas's controversial book rating law goes into effect

Oct 03 2023: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has set a tentative schedule to decide whether a judge’s order blocking the state’s controversial book rating law, HB 900, should stand. But an administrative stay issued last week by a separate motions panel of the Fifth ...

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Authors shocked to find AI ripoffs of their books being sold on Amazon

Sep 30 2023: Publishing a book is a big occasion for any writer, and Rory Cellan-Jones is no exception.

“Like any author, I obsessively check Amazon,” he said. “And this thing popped up.”

The former BBC technology correspondent wrote a memoir untangling the truth about his ...

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