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• 'It's a snowball effect': the gen Z niche reading event making waves in New York
  July 5, 2024
  Reading nights and avant-garde literary groups are rapidly emerging as platforms for younger generations to foster community and creatively share personal narratives – and one new series is making waves in New York. Literary events are on the rise across the US, with CNN citing that book club listings have grown 24% in 2023 from the previous year.
• Ismail Kadare, 88, dies; His novels brought Albania's plight to the world
  July 1, 2024
  Ismail Kadare, the Albanian novelist and poet who single-handedly wrote his isolated Balkan homeland onto the map of world literature, creating often dark, allegorical works that obliquely criticized the country's totalitarian state, died on Monday in Tirana, the Albanian capital. He was 88.
• Ismail Kadare, 88, dies; His novels brought Albania's plight to the world
  July 1, 2024
  Ismail Kadare, the Albanian novelist and poet who single-handedly wrote his isolated Balkan homeland onto the map of world literature, creating often dark, allegorical works that obliquely criticized the country's totalitarian state, died on Monday in Tirana, the Albanian capital. He was 88.
• ALA 2024: Librarians rally for the right to read
  July 1, 2024
  Freedom to read tops the list of librarians' priorities, and the American Library Association's 2024 conference emphasized the existential threats posed by book bans and the populist undermining of public institutions and trust. A Rally for the Right to Read, panels to counteract the censorship of diverse voices, and featured speakers including MSNBC journalist Ali Velshi (Small Acts of Courage), Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander (The Crossover), and Golden Globe-winning actor and picture book author Taraji P. Henson (You Can Be a Good Friend [No Matter […]
• The quiet crisis facing U.S. public libraries
  June 28, 2024
  According to most recent data from the Institute of Museum and Library services annual Public Library Survey, released earlier this month, gate counts at U.S. public libraries (that is, in-person visits) rose in 2022 over 2021. Overall, however, physical library visits—which have been in a troubling decline for more than a decade—remain dramatically lower than before the pandemic. IMLS counted about 671 million physical visits in 2022 vs. roughly 1.25 billion in 2019, the year before the pandemic shutdowns. And over the last decade, the […]
• Authors against book bans officially launches
  June 26, 2024
  After announcing their formation earlier this year, Authors Against Book Bans (AABB), a nascent organization of creators committed to defending the freedom to read, announced its official launch this week. In a release, reps said that the group of "writers, illustrators, and creators" in both the children's and adult sectors will work to "organize authors on the national and local levels" to support "grassroots groups already fighting book bans and challenges" around the country.
• 'If there's nowhere else to go, this is where they come': how Britain's libraries provide much more than books
  June 25, 2024
  When, one Thursday morning last winter, I arrived at Battle library in west Reading, the library manager, Terry Curran, was sitting at the front desk writing a quiz. "It's not a hard quiz," said Curran, who was worried about attendance. "Often just the same two ladies turn up, and they don't pay attention." Still, he hadn't lost hope. He'd even put posters up in the Tesco round the corner.
• Taika Waititi is taking on Percival Everett's James
  June 24, 2024
  In evergreen news, it seems that Hollywood has gotten its hooks into yet another beloved literary property. Taika Waititi, of Thor/Our Flag Means Death/Reservation Dogs-etc., is slated to direct the film adaptation of Percival Everett's latest bit of wizardry: the best-selling novel James. 
• 'Extraordinary' Joseph Coelho novel wins Carnegie medal for children's writing
  June 20, 2024
  Joseph Coelho has won the Yoto Carnegie medal for children's books, marking the first time the prize has been awarded to a Black British writer.
• Barnes & Noble buying tattered cover
  June 18, 2024
  Jarring news from Denver for the many fans of the Tattered Cover bookstore: Barnes & Noble is buying the storied, struggling independent for $1.83 million. Tattered Cover's owner–Bended Page–accepted B&N's offer late yesterday. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court must approve the deal.

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