Illustrator Michael Hague’s death; Hachette pulls novel for alleged use of AI; new contract for HarperCollins union; AI firms sued for copyright infringement (again); Kelly Barnhill’s slow recovery from TBI; fighting library book bans; and more links, videos, and cool book-related stuff.
Michael Hague, beloved illustrator of a number of children’s books, passed away on March 10, 2026. For nearly 40 years and over 100 books, his illustrations delighted and fascinated fans of all ages.
In News & Notes this week: A drop in pleasure reading; book censorship news; Google’s AI Gemini Storybook app; Hugo Award winners (and announcer controversy), and a lot of interesting articles and opinion posts.
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 Vernor Vinge, 5-time Hugo Award-winning science fiction writer who popularized the concepts of both cyberspace and a coming tech or AI singularity, died on… Read more »
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 is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Literary Losses Julie Garwood Julie Garwood, best-selling author of historical romance and contemporary romantic suspense, died June 8, 2023 at the age of 78. She began… Read more »
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 Anne Perry, bestselling author of the Charlotte & Thomas Pitt and William Monk historical mystery series, died on April 10, 2023, at the age… Read more »
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 Patricia A. McKillip, World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, the Riddle-Master of Hed trilogy, and more than 15 other books,… Read more »
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 Eric Carle, beloved children’s author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and over 70 other titles, has died at the age of 91. Carle got… Read more »
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 Norton Juster, author of The Phantom Tollbooth, died March 8 at the age of 91. Juster, an architect, began the classic children’s novel while… Read more »
