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
- Penguin Random House, PEN America, 5 authors, and 2 parents are suing a Florida school board over book bans (NPR)
- Sarah J. Maas’s British publisher Bloomsbury admits using AI-generated artwork for House of Earth and Blood cover (The Guardian) They aren’t the first, and they won’t be the last.
- PEN America gala honors Salman Rushdie in his first in-person appearance since stabbing (NPR)
- In February, SF magazine Clarkesworld had to halt submissions after being flooded by AI-generated stories. (The Guardian)
Worth Reading/Viewing
- Building Our Personal Libraries, and the Books We Leave Behind (Molly Templeton, Tor.com)
- Striking Hollywood scribes ponder AI in the writer’s room (NPR)
- Doubting Shakespeare’s Identity Isn’t a Conspiracy Theory (Elizabeth Winkler, Literary Hub)
- Kennedy Ryan’s romances are coming for your heartstrings (NPR)
- Maybe There’s a Better Way to Think About Adaptations (Molly Templeton, Tor.com)
Lists
- 5 new fantasy novels invigorate old tropes (NPR) Reviews of Ink Blood Sister Scribe (Emma Törzs), Mortal Follies (Alexis Hall), To Shape a Dragon’s Breath (Moniquill Blackgoose), The Salt Grows Heavy (Cassandra Khaw), and The First Bright Thing (J.R. Dawson.) I have already added three of these to my TBR list based on these reviews.
- Five Historical Fantasy Novels That Reimagine British History (Tor.com)
- 10 of the Best Indie Bookstores in the World (Literary Hub)
Bookish Quote
Sophia Rose
Thanks for pulling together some book news for the week, Lark! Nice to see the recs, too.
Lark_Bookwyrm
I used to try to do these every week, but there are weeks I just can’t find the time. It’s always fun when I can do it, though!