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    • Nova Scotia Closed Libraries. The Backlash Has Been Intense

      Persistent provincial underfunding forced the Annapolis Valley Regional Library system to announce plans earlier this year to permanently close five of its ten libraries. Many are tired of—even enraged by—what they perceive as the government’s assault on culture, treaty rights, and the environment.  – The Walrus

    • Jonathan Franzen’s TV Conversion

      Franzen used to think TV was the “enemy” of the serious novelist. But after the HBO series failed, he watched Breaking Bad, Nurse Jackie and Silicon Valley and loved them. In the age of social media, AI and the endless scroll, TV has started to look like a “friend”, he says now. – The Guardian

    • Arkansas Ends Effort To Restrict Prisoners’ Access To Hard-Copy Books

      “The Department (of Corrections) first proposed banning incarcerated people from receiving physical books last year in order to tamp down on drugs making their way into prisons. … (The focus will be shifted) to ban ‘misbehaving’ third-parties selling publications laced with drugs to incarcerated people.” – Arkansas Advocate

    • 2026 Booker Prize Finalists Include “The Disappearers,” “John Of John,” “The Things We Never Say”

      “This year’s Booker prize shortlist features some very familiar names – previous winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart …, along with Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Strout and prominent British speculative fiction writer M John Harrison. Novelist and poet Luke Kennard and debut novelist Rebecca Perry are also in contention for the £50,000 prize.” – The Guardian

    • How The American Public Library Model Evolved

      When you view the centuries-long history of American librarianship through a Pennsylvania lens, it’s more complex, nuanced and fascinating than many people realize. – The Conversation

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