- Tovia Smith profiles Amanda Jones, a librarian caught in the crosshairs of censorship activists. (NPR)
- Lincoln Michel roasts the Prosecraft project. (Countercraft)
- Ella Creamer reports on the remarkable collection of T Kimball Booker, now up for auction. As usual, I hope these books are purchased by libraries and museums so that the rest of us might be able to see them. (The Guardian)
- Jess deCourcey Hinds speculates on the likelihood of school librarian memoirs about fighting censorship. (LitHub)
- Colin Marshall shares the story of the Diamond Sutra, the oldest known intact printed book. (OpenCulture)
- Ashley Wurzbacher has thoughts about writing characters in the wake of the Dobbs decision. (LitHub)
- El Kuiper warns of an AI scan targeting authors. (The Mary Sue)
- James Hynes discusses the inevitability of anachronism in historical fiction. (LitHub)
- Douglas Soule reveals a new, awful effect of censorship in Florida: teachers discarding books before the books are even challenged to avoid getting in trouble. (USA Today)
- Andrew Albanese reports on the wrangling between Follett, a major publisher, and the state of Texas, which has passed a law requiring book ratings. (Publishers Weekly)
- Anne-Marie Cahill wants more children’s books in indigenous languages. (Book Riot)
- Story Ponvert writes in praise of Russian author and folklore collector, Aleksandr Afanasev. (Lapham’s Quarterly)
- Lauryn Chamberlain talks about creating the voices of multiple narrators. (LitHub)
- Censorship news updates:
- From Book Riot
- From ilovelibraries.org
