- Hisham Matar ponders what reading and writing mean in a “century of fear.” (The Guardian)
- Writer Will Mountain Cox reflects on what he has learned from the booksellers in his life. (LitHub)
- Eight writers share their reading resolutions for the new year. (The Guardian)
- Molly Templeton shares her end-of-the-year book lists and challenges us readers to get more creative with these. (Tor)
- Kate Jane Fernelius reports on a book-banning fight in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, to show us all how important LGBT+ books are in areas where it can be dangerous to be queer. (In These Times)
- Author Vanessa Chan shares her thoughts about the necessity (or not) of research in writing historical fiction and argues for the importance of personal and family memories in making a story come to life. (Esquire)
- …new year, new censorship news, courtesy of Book Riot.
