Texas condemned for placing book on colonization in library's fiction section

 

 

Anti-censorship advocates have joined book publisher Penguin Random House in condemning a Texas county that reclassified an account of European settlers' colonization of Indigenous Americans as fiction.

 

 

 

 

The University of Cincinnati Press to shut down operations

 

 

The University of Cincinnati announced on Thursday that the University of Cincinnati Press will shut down on June 25. In a release, the university said that it had "determined that the long-term financial sustainment of the University of Cincinnati Press is not feasible. Funding resources, including start-up funds, have been exhausted and the press is not in a self-sustaining financial position."

 

 

 

 

Pope Francis to publish Hope, the first memoir from a sitting pontiff

 

 

Pope Francis has written an autobiography, publisher Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced. Hope, which will be published globally in January next year, is the first such book written by a sitting pope.

 

 

 

 

Court orders review of gender queer book's classification after challenge by Australian rightwing activist

 

 

The Australian classifications review board has been ordered to review its assessment of the book Gender Queer, after the federal court found the board had ignored, overlooked or misunderstood public submissions for it to be censored.

 

 

 

 

Where manufacturing jobs have shrunk, a library is giving a leg up to entrepreneurs

 

 

TOLEDO, Ohio — Marsha Hill feels like she's been coming to the public library for a hundred years. She came with her kids when they were young. Later, she came for computer help.

Now at 66, she's discovered yet another reason to love the library. She's one of thousands of Toledo-area residents making use of the free services the library offers to entrepreneurs like herself. She's been coming in weekly, sometimes twice weekly, for help scaling up her nonprofit focused on children's health.

 

 

 

 

Han Kang's books sell out as South Korea celebrates her Nobel prize in literature

 

 

Queues of customers spilled out of South Korea's bookshops yesterday and online stores crashed as readers tried to get their hands on the work of the new Nobel prize winner, Han Kang.

The country's largest book chain, Kyobo Book Centre, said sales of Han's books boomed on Friday, with stocks selling out almost straight away, reported Reuters.

 

 

 

 

Sourcebooks, Cosmopolitan team up for new imprint, Cosmo Reads

 

 

Sourcebooks and Hearst have launched Cosmo Reads, a new imprint in collaboration with Cosmopolitan magazine. In a joint release, reps said that the new line will focus on "inclusive romantic and pop fiction" and aim to publish four to six titles per year.

 

 

 

 

Han Kang has won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024

 

 

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024 is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang, "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life". You can see Han Kang's brief bio and books listed on BookBrowse here.

 

 

 

 

Imprisoned British-Egyptian activist named PEN writer of courage 2024

 

 

British-Egyptian writer, software developer and activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been named this year's PEN writer of courage. The 42-year-old is still in prison in Egypt, despite having completed his five-year sentence for allegedly "spreading false news".

 

 

 

 

Sourcebooks is matching gifts to Binc for book & comic people impacted by hurricanes

 

 

As Hurricane Milton heads toward Florida and recovery efforts continue across six states in the wake of Hurricane Helene, Sourcebooks is matching all gifts made to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation up to $10,000, regardless of size.