- It happened! This guy found a hidden passage behind a bookshelf in the house he just moved into. (Boing Boing)
- Sarah Durn shows us why so many people were horrified by penny dreadfuls…and why people ate them up like there was no tomorrow. (Atlas Obscure)
- Valerie Stivers cooks with Mary Shelley. (The Paris Review)
- Emily Martin takes us on a virtual tour of haunted bookstores and libraries. (Book Riot)
- Alexandra Alter explains why it’s so hard to find the works of Abdulrazak Gurnah and so many other Nobel winning writers. (The New York Times)
- April Snellings and Emily Temple both wrote about the immortal line, “it was a dark and stormy night.”
- Bill Chappell reports on Matt Krause’s fight against “upsetting” books in Texas and his list of 850 books that probably make for great reading. (NPR)
- Maia Kobabe responds to reports that their books were being challenged and why kids need books about sexuality and gender fluidity. (The New York Times)
- Are you tracking censorship and book challenge news in the United States? Book Riot is a great place to do that.
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The hidden rooms behind the bookcase was really cool! Although man, what I’d give just to have a library like that in my home, much less hidden passages.