Rivers’ Rights: Are Rivers Alive? Macfarlane’s Exploration
Macfarlane explores the Rights of Nature movement, focusing on rivers. He examines environmental damage, legal challenges, and the concept of rivers as living entities with rights.
Unbound Collapse: Founder Resigns Over Payment Issues
Unbound's collapse leads to founder John Mitchinson's resignation due to payment issues. Concerns raised about over-reliance on external investors after Unbound failed. Sharma focuses on Boundless future.
The Week Junior Book Awards 2025 Shortlist Unveiled
The Week Junior Book Awards 2025 shortlist features 63 books across 13 categories. Celebrating excellence in children's literature, the awards aim to encourage reading for pleasure and boost young imaginations.
Landfall: Climate Crime, Missing Kid & Human Compassion
In a climate-ravaged future, Investigator Sadiya searches for a missing child, Casey. Landfall explores climate refugees, human compassion and social disruption through interwoven perspectives.
Library & Arts: Legal Battles, Censorship, and AI Impact
Legal challenges against arts funding cuts, censorship incidents (book burning, author's exile), and AI-generated content raise concerns about freedom of speech and the future of libraries & literature.
Book Reviews: Cummins, Puchner, Wade, Tapper & Thompson
Reviews of 'Talk with Me of Home', 'Desire State', 'Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife', and 'Initial Transgression'. Diverse themes explored: family saga, biography, political cover-up, and romance.
Biden’s Aides: Undemocratic Actions to Defeat Trump?
A new book reveals Biden's aides allegedly took "undemocratic points" to counter Trump, even if it meant hiding Biden's decline and keeping him in power. Risk to democracy?
Navy Ingenuity: Rigging a Sail After Torpedo Damage
After a torpedo strike jammed a ship's tail, a resourceful Navy crew crafted a massive sail to steer home. Their ingenuity and teamwork saved the day, echoing the spirit of seafaring.
Little Boat: Violence, Indifference, and the Drowning in the Channel
Vincent Delecroix's 'Little Boat' explores the banality of evil and institutional indifference surrounding a tragic drowning in the English Channel, highlighting the culpability of ordinary individuals.
Copyright, AI & Libraries: Book World News (May 2025)
Copyright concerns, AI-generated book lists, Authors Guild lawsuit, copyright office changes, book burning incident, library challenges, event issues, and IMLS updates defined book world's landscape in May 2025.
Friendship, Loss, and Modern Life: Book Review Highlights
Reviews explore friendship, loss, and modern anxieties in novels. They touch on themes of social critique, women's rights in rural India, and reflections on tragedies and repetitive existence.
Little World: A Dead Girl’s Journey and Matti’s Transformation
In Little World, a preserved girl's body sparks a journey across continents, intertwining with Matti's life, hunger, and ultimate liberation as she confronts the past and finds her purpose.