Swiss theatre director told to withdraw book alleging Austrian politician mocked Holocaust victims | Books

Swiss theatre director told to withdraw book alleging Austrian politician mocked Holocaust victims | Books

A Swiss theatre director known for re-enacting landmark trials has been told by a judge in Vienna that his publisher must withdraw a book in which he alleged that a far-right Austrian... Read more »
New organization hopes to boost book reviews

New organization hopes to boost book reviews

Former Beacon Press director Helene Atwan and a group of other industry members have formed Viva la Book Review, a new nonprofit organization which hopes to match book reviews—and reviewers—with local media... Read more »
The 2025 National Book Awards Longlist

The 2025 National Book Awards Longlist

The judges for the category this year are the poet and activist Heather Kathleen Moody Hall, proprietor of Green Feather Book Company; Tiya Miles, a history professor at Harvard whose book, “All... Read more »
Book banners are everywhere. These lawyers are playing offense.

Book banners are everywhere. These lawyers are playing offense.

Book banners are everywhere. These lawyers are playing offense. Sep 12 2025 Mark Herron isn’t exactly a media lawyer. His specialty is discrimination and employment rights, and most of his cases involve... Read more »
Scotland’s national library in U-turn over exhibiting gender-critical book | Scotland

Scotland’s national library in U-turn over exhibiting gender-critical book | Scotland

Scotland’s national library has reversed a decision not to include a gender-critical anthology featuring more than 30 female writers including JK Rowling and a number of MPs in its centenary exhibition. The... Read more »
New organization hopes to boost book reviews

Australian Book Week is here – and we’d love to see your children’s costumes | Australian education

Book Week is in full swing, marking it’s 80th year celebrating all things reading and literacy for Australia’s schoolchildren. The theme for the week, which runs from Saturday 16 to Saturday 23... Read more »
Margaret Atwood releases satirical short story critiquing book bans in Canada | Canada

Margaret Atwood releases satirical short story critiquing book bans in Canada | Canada

Margaret Atwood has released a new short story critiquing elected officials for a wide-ranging book ban in the Canadian province of Alberta. The controversial decision to remove books purportedly containing “explicit sexual... Read more »
Swiss theatre director told to withdraw book alleging Austrian politician mocked Holocaust victims | Books

Character actors: Australia’s children celebrate 80 years of Book Week | Books

Australia’s Children’s Book Week is celebrating its 80th year in style, with children donning their best costumes for the traditional parade in schools across the country. The event has the theme “Book... Read more »
Margaret Atwood releases satirical short story critiquing book bans in Canada | Canada

The Associated Press tells its book critics that it’s ending weekly reviews

Your guide toexceptional          books BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around... Read more »
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