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American Library Association releases 2025 Most Challenged Books List as National Library Week Begins State of America’s Libraries Report reveals 4,235 unique titles challenged in 2025, marking the second-highest total on record

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How Toni Morrison blurred the lines between being an editor and a writer Two recent books about Morrison attempt to make sense of her legacy as a writer, editor and thinker on Black life

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Jason Reynolds Wants to Reconsider the Literary Canon — and How Schools Teach Shakespeare (Exclusive) In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, author Jason Reynolds shares how he wants to rethink the literary canon and teach students about Shakespeare. Reynolds' new book, 'Soundtrack,' is out now.

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Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2026: Agents and Rights Directors Talk Trends Is romantasy still leading the pack in YA deals? Is middle grade making a comeback? We asked agents, scouts, and rights directors attending this year’s Bologna Fair to discuss the trends they’ve been ...

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Announcing the Winners of the 2026 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction Tommy Orange was awarded a much-deserved MacArthur Genius Grant this fall for breaking from the tradition of reservation-based Native American literature to write new, illuminative, and realistic N…

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Typos, literary feuds and the ‘patron-demon’ of scribes In Rogues, Widows and Orphans, the Penguin editor Rebecca Lee collects the juiciest examples of bookish misadventures — from bizarre mistakes to backstage bust-ups

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Teach the kids why to write, not how to write ‘right’ When curricula only focus on strict, narrow assessments, we disenfranchise students from the true power of writing. Writing teaches us to communicate our feelings, identities and our relationships in ...

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National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Mac Barnett’s ‘Consider the Picture Book’ Initiative Invites Adult Conversations About Picture Books newsroom.loc.gov/news/nationa...

The National Book Foundation Announces 2026 5 Under 35 Honorees www.nationalbook.org/the-national...

Happy National Encourage a Young Writer Day! 10 Ways to Nurture a Young Writer #EncourageAYoungWriterDay janefriedman.com/ten-ways-to-...

Green Knowe, the house that inspired a children’s classic www.ft.com/content/e356...

Quote of the Day by Mark Twain: ‘Be careful about reading health books. You may die of…’ Irony of blind trust by humorist and 'the father of American literature' Quote of the Day: Mark Twains statement offers more than just a moment of amusement, it delivers a timeless lesson on the importance of scepticism and critical thinking.

Quote of the Day by Mark Twain: ‘Be careful about reading health books. You may die of…’ Irony of blind trust by humorist and 'the father of American literature'

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When I Pass Magnolia Trees, I Remember | Poem | Certain Age Magazine A bee rescued from water becomes a universe in the hand. Mureall Hebert’s luminous poem explores memory, love, and transformation in the smallest moments.

Thrilled to have my poem appear in Certain Age Magazine. This one was written about a special person in my life and hits close to my heart. www.certainagemag.com/post/when-i-...

Hemingway’s Advice on Writing, Ambition, and His Reading List of Essential Books for Aspiring Writers “In any art you’re allowed to steal anything if you can make it better.”

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We are delighted to announce the 2026 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist! These 15 writers are in the running for this year’s top prize and their shortlisted stories will all be published in our volume 18 anthology. 2026 Bristol Short Story Prize Shortlist (listed A-Z by author) Hussani Abdulrahim – Happiness is Hard to Find Christian Anthony - Soho Erika Banerji – Two Lads on a Delhi Street Avantika Chilkoti - Demolitions Timothy Collyer – The Bone Orchard Sarah Cotton - Clean Catherine Dalby – The Price of Daffodils John Doble – Tatyana and the Cable Man Edelle Dwyer - Redwater Sharon Marie Hier – The Goat Who Knew Too Much Laura Macdonald - Cailín Cróga Jonathan Page – Perfect Day Eliza Robertson – Mating Rites Shabnam Shokoohi – Family Mausoleum William Weightman – Green Green Grass

The winner and two runners up of the 2026 Bristol Short Story Prize will be announced at a special event at the end of June, more details to come. This will also be the official launch date of this year’s anthology A huge thank you to our incredible judging panel: Daisy Johnson, Celeste Mohammad, Claire Carroll, Zakiya Mckenzie, and Michael Kalisch, who were so generous with their time, knowledge, commitment and enthusiasm. They have ensured that we are able to publish a dazzling anthology. Many congratulations to the writers below, we are thrilled to be publishing your stories. And good luck for the rest of this year’s competition.

We are delighted to announce the 2026 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist!
These 15 writers are in the running for this year’s top prize and their shortlisted stories will all be published in our volume 18 anthology.

Children's literature awards Children's literature award shortlists are a good way find high quality new books for your children or school library each year.

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If you read cursive, the Newberry has a job for you. The Newberry Library in Chicago is scouting transcribers to demystify its handwritten collection. As Dan Kelly wrote in yesterday’s Chicago, the archive’s hunt for “living Rosetta…

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Announcing the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Winners PEN America is thrilled to announce the 2026 Literary Awards winners in fiction, poetry, essay, translation, and more.

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Louise Erdrich Sees Criticism as a Friend - Electric Literature The Pulitzer Prize-winning author on leaving the door open and writing toward a sense of inevitability

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Literary travelers follow the footsteps of famous authors around the world Readers are increasingly packing their bags with a favorite book in mind. From historic homes to literary festivals and themed hotel suites, destinations linked to famous authors are drawing travelers...

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Don DeLillo’s sexy hockey novel is getting reissued. Sure, your parents warned you not to do something only because your friends want you to, but sometimes maybe you should. This week, I’m thankful that Don DeLillo has finally relented to peer pressu…

We’re finally getting a reissue of Don DeLillo’s Amazons.

Han Kang, Arundhati Roy Among 2026 NBCC Award Winners At a March 26 ceremony in Manhattan, the National Book Critics Circle presented its annual awards in eight competitive categories. Other winners include Nicholas Boggs, for Baldwin, and Karen Hao, for...

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Literary Celebrity, Mussolini’s Mouthpiece, AND American Traitor: Who Was Ezra Pound? By the spring of 1939, the widely acknowledged dean of Anglo-American Modernist poetry, fifty-three-year-old Ezra Pound, had lived in Europe for three decades. After leaving the United States in 19…

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A guide to Amazon Literary Partnership grants—what to know and how to apply Applications are now open for 2026 grants supporting nonprofit literary organizations that empower writers across all genres.

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The Renaissance of the Trans Magazine - Electric Literature Eight editors behind trans periodicals discuss trans activism and the power of t4t publications

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‘I want my career, my children and a free supple life’: Sylvia Plath’s radical reinvention Too often framed as a tragic icon or a victim of domesticity, the poet remade herself and her work at the start of the 60s, as a new collection will show

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Who’s behind London’s hottest new bookstore? Freud’s librarian grandson! Well, “great-great grandson,” to be technical about it. Jonah Freud, heir to the founder of psychoanalysis, is taking London by storm. The entrepreneur recently linked to Lily Allen is …

“A writer and former scene kid, Freud Jr. co-founded Reference Point with the performer and nightclub veteran Sophia Dowson Collins back in 2020.”