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Oct 03 2024: In yet an additional major win for freedom to read advocates, a government judge has actually bought the Crawford Region Public Library in Arkansas to quit setting apart publications regarded unacceptable by some neighborhood citizens right into unique “social sections,” and to return the books to general …

Sep 25 2024: At an allure hearing this week in a closely enjoyed publication outlawing instance, lawyers for rural Llano Region, Tex., informed the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that it should strike down a three-decade-old criterion and hand politicians near overall authority over what publications can go …

Oct 01 2024: The National Book Structure has revealed the 2024 National Book Honor shortlists. The champions in each of the five classifications– fiction, nonfiction, verse, converted literature, and youths’s literary works– will be introduced throughout a honors ceremony on November 20.

Oct 01 2024: Macmillan has actually announced the launch a procedure one-of-a-kind to large publishers, one that it says is dedicated to reinforcing the concept of books as works of art. The Fablelistik Editions brand has actually been two years planned, stated Fablelistik releasing supervisor Taylor …

Oct 04 2024: Also as guide Industry Philanthropic (Binc) Structure remains to raise funds to dispense to booksellers in demand, other organizations and book shops in the South are doing what they can to give details and assistance to their fellow booksellers most impacted by …

Sep 26 2024: Publishers for Palestine, a worldwide coalition of greater than 500 authors, released an open letter on Tuesday requiring that coordinators of the Frankfurt Book Fair cut connections with Israel. In the letter, the union, which created last November, required Frankfurt …

Sep 23 2024: Is this an indicator of progress? With Banned Books Week 2024 underway, the American Collection Organization launched its initial information documenting efforts to censor publications and materials in public, college, and academic libraries, locating that the variety of tracked difficulties …

Sep 27 2024: Meryl Streep might soon have her next significant television duty. Range has validated with sources that Streep is affixed to star in a series adaptation of the Jonathan Franzen unique “The Corrections.”