This week’s links include: Babel and the Hugo Awards controversy; book banning news; an author’s creepy TikTok request; ABA closing headquarters; Gen Z rediscovers public libraries; grappling with Robert Burns’s legacy; rise of romantasy; plus a wonderful free short story and several book lists
Category: News & Notes
News & Notes – 1/13/2023
This week’s links include: lots of book banning and library news; ChatGPT and copyrighted materials; Tor.com rebrands; indie bookstore given to new owner; the ethics of biofiction; Ranger’s Apprentice series to get TV adaptation; plus reading challenges to check out, and more
News & Notes – 12/23/2023
This week’s links include a Tolkien copyright fight, an author losing a book deal for review bombing other authors, Overdrive’s most downloaded authors, fighting book bans, and more.
News & Notes – 12/02/2023
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Worth Reading/Viewing FaRoAdvent – Free Fantasy Romance Tales Want a free fantasy romance tale each day between now and Dec. 24? Sign up for… Read more »
News & Notes – 11/18/2023
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News *NOTE: I usually pull together an obituary and provide several links, but I don’t have time this week. Worth Reading/Viewing Free Fiction Online Books,… Read more »
News & Notes – 11/04/2023
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Awards Worth Reading/Viewing NaNoWriMo-related Books, Movies, and TV Writing Quote In honor of NaNoWriMo, today’s quote is about writing, not reading. Twitter Facebook 0… Read more »
News & Notes – 9/30/2023
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Literary Losses Echo Brown, author of Black Girl Unlimited and The Chosen One, died Sept. 16 of renal failure at the age of 39. Brown had… Read more »
News & Notes – 9/16/2023
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News & Notes – 9/09/2023
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Worth Reading/Viewing Reviews and LitCrit Free Fiction Online Books, Movies, and TV AI (“artificial intelligence”) Book Lists Bookish Quote Twitter Facebook 0 Pinterest 0… Read more »
News & Notes – 8/26/2023
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Worth Reading/Viewing ** May be behind a paywall, if you have used up your free articles for the month. Thoughts on Books and Authors… Read more »