Patricia McCormick Wrote the Most-Challenged Book in America. Here’s What She Says Everyone Should Know About Book Banning

According to the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, more than two-thirds of challenges resulted in a library ban last ...

Mark Zuckerberg ‘personally authorized’ Meta’s copyright infringement, publishers allege

Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow are suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for copyright infringement.
The Next Web

Five major publishers are suing Meta over Llama. They have evidence that the previous plaintiffs did not.

Five major publishers sued Meta in Manhattan federal court on 5 May 2026, alleging Llama was trained on pirated material.

It Was the Crime Saga That Captivated Millions. A New Book Goes Deep on the Man at the Heart of the Case.

The saga of South Carolina’s Murdaugh family and their crimes—both actual and rumored—has provided fodder for scads of ...
ADTmag

Salesforce Opens Beta for React-Based App Development on Its Platform

Salesforce is opening its platform to React developers. The Multi-Framework beta lets developers build native Salesforce apps with React while using Salesforce authentication, security, governance, ...

Movie Review: A flatulence-filled ‘Animal Farm’ for tots turns a masterpiece into cinematic manure

The new animated "Animal Farm" takes a radical departure from George Orwell's classic. Screenwriter Nicholas Stoller and ...

Five books have been shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize, none are Canadian

The five books shortlisted for Canada’s international Griffin Poetry Prize have been announced, and for the second ...
LGBTQ Nation

These 10 oft-banned LGBTQ+ children’s books teach powerful lessons of love, community, & identity

As book bans rise, many LGBTQ+ children's books are being removed from schools. Here are frequently banned titles every child should read.
Smithsonian Magazine

A New Book of Toni Morrison’s University Lectures, Now Collected for the First Time, Shares Some of the Legendary Novelist’s Most Important Lessons

Before her career as a novelist, Toni Morrison was a teacher. The famed American author, best known for works such as Beloved and Song of Solomon, was born in Lorain, Ohio, in 1931. After attending ...
The Conversation

Using books as discussion prompts can help children with language delay

Since the pandemic, more children have been starting school without being “school-ready”. In 2022-23, 33% of all children starting reception in England did not have the skills needed for success in ...
Time

A Language of Limbs

Dylin Hardcastle’s A Language of Limbs is a novel of two parallel stories unfurled. In each, a woman in 1970s Australia must make the decision of whether to act upon the queer desire she has for her ...