- Freedom to read advocates celebrate a major legal victory in Arkansas
In a highly anticipated decision, a federal judge in Arkansas has permanently struck down two key provisions of Arkansas's controversial "harmful to minors" law, known as Act 372, finding the law to be unconstitutional.
- Booksellers predict Orbital by Samantha Harvey will be UK No 1 bestselling book
This year's Booker prize winner will be the Christmas No 1 bestseller, predict UK booksellers. The Booksellers Association (BA) asked bookshop staff which book they think could reach the festive top spot, and Orbital by Samantha Harvey was the most popular response.
- The National Book Critics Circle inaugurates award longlists
For the first time in its 50-year history, the National Book Critics Circle is announcing longlists for its annual awards in the autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry categories, as well as for the Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize.
- Authors Guild reinforces its position on AI licensing
As the debates and discussions over all matters of rights pertaining to AI move forward, the Authors Guild has issued a lengthy statement that reiterated the organization's position that it is authors who control the rights to their work.
- New Jersey delivers a victory for the freedom to read—and for librarians
More than three years after she became a target of abuse from book banners, librarian Martha Hickson found herself in a place she could scarcely imagine back in the dark days of threats and intimidation: standing side by side with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy as he signed the state's Freedom to Read Act into law on December 9.