Only 10% of boys aged 14-16 read daily for pleasure, National Literacy Trust finds | Literacy

Only 10% of boys aged 14-16 read daily for pleasure, National Literacy Trust finds | Literacy

Fewer than one in 10 boys aged 14 to 16 in the UK read daily, according to research, which found reading for pleasure was being crowded out of teenage lives by schoolwork,... Read more »
‘A cultural icon’: axed Australian literary journal Meanjin finds new life in Queensland | Australian books

‘A cultural icon’: axed Australian literary journal Meanjin finds new life in Queensland | Australian books

The literary journal Meanjin will return to the city it was born in that bears its Indigenous name. The Queensland University of Technology announced on Wednesday it had acquired the 85-year-old journal,... Read more »
John Lithgow says he finds JK Rowling’s stance on trans rights ‘ironic and inexplicable’ | JK Rowling

John Lithgow says he finds JK Rowling’s stance on trans rights ‘ironic and inexplicable’ | JK Rowling

John Lithgow has called JK Rowling’s views on transgender rights “ironic and inexplicable”, saying that backlash to his decision to play Albus Dumbledore in the upcoming Harry Potter series “upsets me”. Speaking... Read more »
Brazil’s Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books | Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil’s Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books | Jair Bolsonaro

Jair Bolsonaro’s lawyers appear to have been reading up on the country’s penal code and have found a way to help their client reduce the 27-year prison sentence he received last year... Read more »
Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI | Books

Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI | Books

With gingko “memory-boost tinctures”, fennel “tummy-soothing syrups” and “citrus-immune gummies,” AI “slop” has come for herbalism, a study published by a leading AI-detection company has found. Originality.ai, which offers its tools to... Read more »
Book industry divided over AI adoption, finds BISG survey

Book industry divided over AI adoption, finds BISG survey

Nearly half of book industry professionals are using artificial intelligence tools for work, but 98% report significant concerns about AI implementation, according to new survey data from the Book Industry Study Group... Read more »
John Lithgow says he finds JK Rowling’s stance on trans rights ‘ironic and inexplicable’ | JK Rowling

New poll finds 40% of Britons have not read a book in the past year | Books

According to new a polling by YouGov 40% of Britons have not read or listened to a book in the past year. The median British adult has read or listened to three... Read more »
‘A cultural icon’: axed Australian literary journal Meanjin finds new life in Queensland | Australian books

PEN America finds new state laws are supercharging school book bans

Book News: PEN America finds new state laws are supercharging school book bans BookBrowse News – The Full Story... Read more »
Book industry divided over AI adoption, finds BISG survey

ALA finds book challenges are slowing in 2024

Book News: ALA finds book challenges are slowing in 2024 BookBrowse News – The Full Story ALA finds book... Read more »
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