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Eleven people are responsible for 60% of book bans. “Each of these people brought 10 or more challenges against books in their school district; one man filed 92 challenges. Together, these serial filers constituted 6 percent of all book challengers — but were responsible for 60 percent of all filings,” wrote Hannah Natanson.

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Mark your calendars: The next Banned Books Week will be October 1 – 7, 2023!For more information, go to the American Library Association’s site HERE. Look for ALA’s Top Challenged Books of 2022 list in April 2023!

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By Maureen Lee Lenker August 30, 2022 at 03:00 PM EDT Summer 2022 brought a veritable smorgasbord of scintillating romance choices, from unique historicals to engrossing contemporary rom-coms. [check your library first!] For the Love of the Bard, by Jessica Martin Always Be My Duchess, by Amalie Howard The Accidental Pinup, by Danielle Jackson The Hookup Plan,…

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Kate Daniels/ Ilona Andrews Parable Series/Octavia Butler Brown Sisters/Talia Hibbert Benjamin January/Barbara Hambly Sookie Stackhouse/Charlaine Harris Jack Reacher/Lee Child (and Andrew Child) Elouise Norton/Rachel Howzell Hall Mercy Thompson/Patricia Briggs Gabriel Allon/Daniel Silva Broken Earth Trilogy/ N K Jemisin Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency/Alexander McCall Smith Easy Rollins/Walter Mosley Chief Inspector Gamache/Louise Penny Anita Blake/ Laurell…

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Crowdfunding in publishing has received a lot of attention in recent months. Successful crowd-funder and author Chris Stollar shares his tips for realistic and practical tips to make crowdfunding work for you. CHRISTOPHER STOLLAR MAY 14, 2022 Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and Patreon remain three of the most popular crowdfunding platforms for publishing. Each site has its own…

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Acclaimed novelist, essayist, and poet Margaret Atwood was awarded the 2022 Hitchens Prize. Her full remarks from the Prize ceremony can be read on The Atlantic’s website. By Margaret Atwood Having feelings was not a thing back then. We would not have admitted to owning such marshmallow-like appendages, and if we did have any feelings, we’d have considered them irrelevant as…

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A Sunlit Weapon: A Novel (Maisie Dobbs, 17) by Jacqueline Winspear The Choice: The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book 3 (The Dragon Heart Legacy, 3) by Nora Roberts Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson The Other Black Girl: A Novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris The Sweetness of Water (Oprah’s Book Club): A Novel…

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[Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore have long been favorites of mine since childhood. I have the entire Pooh’s Library collection. On Jan.1, 2022, A.A. Milne’s original Winnie-the Pooh stories entered the public domain. Although Disney’s illustrated version of Pooh is protected by copyright, the company no longer has an exclusive right to Milne’s work. – Kintsugi]…

Read More Timeless Wisdom From Winnie the Pooh from Inspiring Quotes March 3, 2021