- Calling Canadian Student Writers! The CBC First Page challenge is back!;
- All-age books about Black women trailblazers;
- Bombed Gaza bookshop to reopen this week;
- Bologna kids book fair names illustration prize winners;
- When poetry caught on among the Stazi;
- Writers call for action on missing Rwandan poet Innocent Bahati;
- Walter Scott History Prize longlist;
- HarperCollins to hit the rails;
- RIP: Jason Epstein, editor, dead at 93;
- RIP: Ashley Bryan, author and illustrator, dead at 98;
- Writing Tips: How to write good suspense;
- Writing Tips: How to write good sex;
- Today in Book Banning:
- Censorship: it’s not just for Americans anymore… a survey of book bans around the globe;
- Scribd, who won’t stop emailing me, doesn’t like banning books;
- Adults are banning books but not in consultation with kids;
- Today in Floof: ever wanted a peek at Charlotte Brontë’s intimate apparel?;
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