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Bookstores and Libraries
Have libraries have become the new Blockbuster?
By
Brittany Allen
| December 4, 2025
Life-Giving, Imaginative and Underfunded: Small Press Publishers in Crisis
Lucy Mercer and Livia Franchini Discuss the Landscape of British Publishing with Jack Thompson, Jess Chandler, Sam Fisher and Kristen Vida Alfaro
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Lucy Mercer and Livia Franchini
| December 4, 2025
On the Infinite Lives of the Library
Steve Edwards Loves Nothing More Than Library Hours
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Steve Edwards
| December 4, 2025
3 Ways to Become a Better Reader
Hwang Bo-Reum on Little Ways to Cultivate Your Reading (and Writing) Life
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Hwang Bo-Reum
| December 3, 2025
Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania
Ed Simon Considers the Many Different Ways an Obsession Can Manifest
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Ed Simon
| November 24, 2025
Where Time and Space Collide: In Praise of Old Maps
James Cheshire on the Valuable Work of Preserving and Unearthing the Past
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James Cheshire
| November 19, 2025
Best Reviewed
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The 2025 Cercador Prize goes to
The Queen of Swords
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Drew Broussard
| November 18, 2025
Five novels to read if you’re fascinated by the Black bourgeoisie.
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Brittany Allen
| November 11, 2025
When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future
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Maris Kreizman
| November 6, 2025
In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times
Sarah Weinman on the Awesome Responsibility of the Seekers and Keepers of Truth
By
Sarah Weinman
| November 3, 2025
This week's news in Venn diagrams.
By
James Folta
| October 31, 2025
Libraries are reeling after a major distributor shutdown.
By
Brittany Allen
| October 30, 2025
This week's news in Venn diagrams.
By
James Folta
| October 24, 2025
Fall of Freedom, “a nationwide wave of creative resistance,” starts next month.
By
James Folta
| October 23, 2025
A federal judge just dismissed an Ohio teacher’s fight against book bans.
Karen Cahall was suspended for keeping four LGBTQ+ books in her classroom library.
By
Brittany Allen
| October 21, 2025
How Oscar Wilde finally got his library card back.
130 years after the British Library revoked his card-carrying privileges, Wilde's grandson got his.
By
Brittany Allen
| October 20, 2025
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The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
"Mr Buruma s book while triggered by old photos and letters from Leo s time…"