- Ashawnta Jackson talks about the long history of book theft—with bonus librarian curses! (Daily JSTOR)
- Austin Tichenor (of the marvelous Reduced Shakespeare Company) writes in praise of Christopher Moore’s Fool novels. (Folger Shakespeare Library)
- Tom Fleischman reports that digitization can actually increase demand for print books. How to like them apples, Big Publishing? (Cornell Chronicle)
- The American Librarian Association is chuffed that millennials and Gen Z have been hitting the books at their local public libraries.
- Addison Rizer delves into the delightfully quirky world of bookmark history. (Book Riot)
- Rebecca Oliver Kaplan reports on PEN America’s first Prison Banned Books Week. (The Mary Sue)
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia shares her introduction to a new edition of Dracula, which gallops through the changing attributes and cultural meanings of the vampire. (LitHub)
- …and your weekly round-up of censorship news, courtesy of Book Riot.
