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Ada Limón appointed to second term as U.S. Poet Laureate

Apr 25 2023: Ada Limón, who has been the U.S. Poet Laureate for a two-year term, has been given a second two-year term, marking the first time in history that a U.S. Poet Laureate has been given two two-year terms. Limón's second term runs from September 2023 to April 2025.

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PEN Report shows state legislation ‘supercharging’ book bans

Apr 20 2023: A new PEN America report documents how state legislation across the country is driving an alarming spike in book bans in schools. The report, Banned in the USA: State Laws Supercharge Book Suppression in Schools, expands on two previous PEN America reports tracking ...

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Missouri House Republicans want to defund libraries. Here’s why

Apr 14 2023: Missouri’s Republican-led House voted to cut all funding for libraries in its version of the state’s annual budget, an unprecedented move that has angered librarians and patrons across the state who rely on the facilities for everything from books to educational ...

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Harry Potter books to be made into new TV series

Apr 14 2023: The wizarding world of Harry Potter is to be brought to life in a new TV series starring a brand new cast.

The series will be based on author JK Rowling's books and will be produced over the course of a decade, with each series based on one of the seven books.

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Texas county to consider shutting down library after book ban ruling

Apr 14 2023: April 11: After a federal judge ordered the return of more than a dozen books improperly pulled from the Llano County Public Library shelves for their content, the county's commissioners have called a special meeting for April 13 to discuss shutting the library down ...

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Crime writer Anne Perry dies aged 84

Apr 13 2023: Anne Perry, author of more than 100 novels that have sold more than 26 million copies worldwide died on April 10. She was 84.

Her work included two suspense series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels. She also ...

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The Royal Shakespeare Company adapts Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet

Apr 10 2023: Of the numerous puzzles about William Shakespeare, those concerning his marriage to Anne Hathaway are the most tantalizing. Why did he have three children with her, then decamp to London for a life in the theater? What was their relationship really like? And why do we ...

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Judge finds Texas library's book bans unconstitutional, orders books returned

Apr 03 2023: In a victory for the freedom to read, a federal judge in Austin, Tex., has found that a library board in Llano County likely infringed the constitutional rights of readers in the community by unilaterally removing books it deemed inappropriate. The judge has issued a ...

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