Book News: Survey finds most Americans unengaged with book banning efforts in public schools
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Book News: Dozens of UK school librarians asked to remove LGBTQ+ books, survey finds
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More than two dozen school librarians in the UK have been asked to remove books – many of which are LGBTQ+ titles – from school library shelves, according to new survey data.... Read more »
Book News: More than a third of UK adults have given up reading for pleasure, study finds
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Children in the UK and Ireland are reading fewer books than they did last year, according to a new report, as post-Covid absences from school and a lack of dedicated reading time... Read more »
An independent review of libraries in England has found a “lack of recognition” across government and a “lack of awareness” among the general public of what libraries have to offer. The review... Read more »
Roman police investigated John Keats shortly before his death, newly discovered 19th-century archive documents reveal. Keats scholar Alessandro Gallenzi discovered an entry in Roman police registers about the poet, under the misspelt... Read more »
Thirty per cent of children’s books published last year featured racially minoritised characters, according to new research. The sixth report on racial representation in children’s literature by the Centre for Literacy in... Read more »