- Director Luanne James is refusing to relocate LGBTQ+ books into the adult section of the Rutherford County Library System. Relocating books is another way that book banners add barriers to access. Browsers can’t find books they might want and, worse, in some libraries, minors are prohibited from checking out books from the adult section of the library. Christopher Wiggins has the latest. (The Advocate)
- Lincoln Michel weighs in on Hachette’s decision to cancel a book written, at least in part, by AI. (Counter Craft)
- Jo Walton is always reading sixteen books. (Reactor)
- Michel Chaouli waxes poetic about finishing novels. (The Yale Review)
- Justin Weinberg reports on long-delayed attribution: Harriet Taylor Mill is officially a co-author of On Liberty. (Daily Nous)
- I am delighted to learn that there are so many people who want to be locked in a library overnight. Brittany Allen takes us to the latest Night in the Library at Brooklyn Public Library. (LitHub)
- Heidi Stevens argues that books and reading are more important than ever. (Chicago Tribune)
- Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman dive into the complicated history of second person pronouns in English (more interesting than you might expect!). (Grammarphobia)
- Svetlana Satchkova presents a short history of censorship under Vladimir Putin. (LitHub)
- Kelly Jensen’s got another dose of censorship news and advocacy. (Book Riot)
- Also this week: Jensen explains H.R. 7661, a nation-wide book banning bill targeting LGBTQ+ content. (Book Riot)
