• Bookstores and Libraries

    The Hub

    Hundreds of authors signed a letter in support of libraries’ digital rights.

    By Corinne Segal  September 29, 2022
    The Hub

    Dozens of libraries in England and Wales may become “warm banks” for people who need shelter.

    By Corinne Segal  September 28, 2022
    The Hub

    Is this the weirdest American book-banning yet?

    By Jonny Diamond  September 26, 2022
    Book Bans

    It’s official: Book-banning attempts aimed at libraries are way up this year.

    By Corinne Segal  September 16, 2022
    The Hub

    Strand Bookstore’s $1,500 Bottega Veneta tote bag sucks and I hate it.

    By Jonny Diamond  September 13, 2022
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Rachel DeWoskin on Registering Voters (Right Now!) and the Connection Between Writing and Democracy

    By Fiction Non Fiction  September 8, 2022
    The Hub

    Is climate-change making it too hot for many of the nation’s libraries?

    By Jonny Diamond  September 6, 2022
    The Hub

    Area man named Bob Jablonski returns library book called Hitler 77 years overdue.

    By Jonny Diamond  September 2, 2022
    The Hub

    Nora Roberts donated $50,000 to save the Patmos Library.

    By Corinne Segal  September 1, 2022
    The Hub

    They’re shooting books now: censorship-loving, book-banning vigilantes stoop to a new low.

    By Jonny Diamond  August 30, 2022
    Ukraine

    Closed Libraries and Fading Light: On Life in Kyiv, August 2022

    By Myroslav Laiuk  August 30, 2022
    The Hub

    Here’s another incredibly strange dream-like Chinese bookstore.

    By Jonny Diamond  August 29, 2022
    The Hub

    30 years ago tonight, Sarajevo’s National Library was burned to the ground.

    By Dan Sheehan  August 25, 2022
    The Hub

    The book-banning lawsuit against Barnes & Noble is moving forward in Virginia.

    By Corinne Segal  August 25, 2022
    The Hub

    A Texas woman went to the cops about an actual library book.

    By Jonny Diamond  August 24, 2022
    News and Culture

    Finding Healing at Paris’s Shakespeare and Company

    By Natasha Sizlo  August 19, 2022
    The Hub

    Famous writers will “Stand with Salman Rushdie” on the steps of the NYPL this Friday.

    By Jonny Diamond  August 17, 2022
    The Hub

    A school librarian is suing the right-wing “activists” who defamed and harassed her.

    By Dan Sheehan  August 16, 2022
    Shelf Talkers

    Shelf Talkers: What the Booksellers Are Reading at White Whale Bookstore

    By Literary Hub  August 15, 2022
    The Hub

    There are 28 new Little Free Libraries in New York City.

    By Corinne Segal  August 11, 2022
    The Hub

    Reminder: Books are actually good and make people feel better.

    By Jonny Diamond  August 9, 2022
    The Hub

    Residents of the Michigan town that defunded its library are rallying to keep it open.

    By Corinne Segal  August 9, 2022
    The Hub

    Flood-affected bookstores in St. Louis and Kentucky need your help.

    By Dan Sheehan  August 8, 2022
    Philosophy

    Tarek Abi Samra on Stealing Kant From a Bookstore

    By Tarek Abi Samra and Lina Mounzer  August 8, 2022
    The Hub

    Residents of a Michigan town defunded their library after it refused to remove LGBTQ books.

    By Corinne Segal  August 4, 2022
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