- Molly Templeton delivers a rundown of good bookish news. People are reading! Books are selling! Unions are forming! (Reactor)
- Leehyun Choi explores the literary culture of women amidst anti-feminism backlash in South Korea. (BBC)
- Angelique Chrisafis reports on the mass resignation in protest of French authors who are furious that a right-wing billionaire bought their publisher. (The Guardian)
- Neely Tucker shares an extremely rare book from Sumatra in the Library of Congress’s collection. (LOC Blog)
- Nathalie op de Beeck discusses a growing coalition against the proposed national book-banning bill, H.R. 7661. (Publishers Weekly)
- American Libraries talks to librarians about dealing with ICE.
- Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett explains why Helen DeWitt turned down a major literary prize. (The Guardian)
- Michael Liptrot has the latest on a wonderful initiative in Chicago to expand library access to students. (Block Club Chicago)
- Matthew Phelan relates some really interesting findings about sperm whale language. Yes, language! (Gizmodo)
- Séamus Bellamy has some advice about what to do if Amazon bricks your old kindle. (Boing Boing)
- …and censorship news from the dedicated Kelly Jensen. (Book Riot)
There are definitely some good news out there! I was outraged to learn about Amazon’s greedy behavior towards old Kindle. Still unsure if mine (with its 350+ books) is targeted or not. Definitely switching to Kobo, but I’ll investigate the link and try to make the best of it.