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Obituary Note: Norah Vincent

Sep 01 2022: Norah Vincent, whose 2006 book, Self-Made Man, made her "a media darling" but "cost her psychologically," died July 6, the New York Times reported. She was 53. Her death, which was not reported at the time, was confirmed recently by Justine Hardy, a friend who said it ...

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'Total victory': Virginia book ban case targeting B&N dismissed

Aug 31 2022: In what defendants called "a total victory," a Virginia Beach Circuit Court judge yesterday dismissed the case brought earlier this year seeking to have Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer: A Memoir and Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Mist and Fury declared obscene and to bar Barnes...

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Barnes & Noble is stuck in a public relations mess that it seems unable to clean up

Aug 26 2022: From Ron Charles' Washington Post Book Club:

Barnes & Noble is stuck in a public relations mess that it seems unable to clean up. A number of middle grade and YA authors claim that America's largest bookstore chain won’t carry their current or upcoming hardcover ...

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Texas school district pulls the Bible, The Bluest Eye and other books from library

Aug 23 2022: A Texas school district is scrambling to remove books from its library shelves ahead of the fall semester, after they were challenged by parents and community members. Among the books removed are a graphic novel adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary, Toni Morrison’s The ...

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DOJ v. PRH: "ending where we started"

Aug 22 2022: Closing arguments for the Department of Justice’s antitrust case aiming to block Penguin Random House’s purchase of Simon & Schuster were offered on Friday in Washington D.C. First up was the Department of Justice’s John Read who reiterated many of the same points that ...

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Writers Gather to Read Salman Rushdie and Support Free Speech

Aug 20 2022: Authors including Paul Auster, Gay Talese and Kiran Desai reminded the Midtown New York crowd that without free expression, “literature is nothing but an echo chamber.”

Perhaps the most appreciative response from the crowd gathered at the New York Public Library in ...

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Nicholas Evans, author of ‘The Horse Whisperer,’ dies at 72

Aug 17 2022: Nicholas Evans, the British journalist turned author whose novel-turned-film, “The Horse Whisperer,” broke publishing and movie records, along with the hearts of readers who made the book a best seller in 20 countries, died on Aug. 9 at his home in London. He was 72.

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The UK's eccentric book-loving 'kingdom'

Aug 17 2022: In 1977, Richard Booth declared himself "king" of Hay-on-Wye in order to save the Welsh border town from economic ruin. Now, the famed spot is celebrating his legacy.

The bookseller's bold bid for independence revived the fortunes of an ailing town. "A lot of small ...

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