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The Lambda Literary Awards Have Announced Their 2022 Finalists

In the 34th year of the Lambda Literary Awards (or "Lammys"), they received a record-breaking 2,300 submissions, and here are the finalists.

Assistant Principal Fired After Reading Kids a Silly Book

A Mississippi assistant principal was fired for reading a silly book to second graders.

Idaho’s Book Ban Bill Will Likely Not Be Heard in Senate

Despite overwhelming approval from the House, the book ban bill is most likely not moving forward in the Senate.

The 2022 Women’s Prize Long List

Here is the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction long list, including five debut novelists and several well-known nominees.

2022 Ezra Jack Keats Award Winners Announced

The Ezra Jack Keats Award celebrates emerging writers and illustrators in the world of children's literature.

Audie Awards Announces 2022 Winners, Among Them Barack Obama and Lin-Manuel Miranda

The awards aim to recognize "distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment," and included a variety of performers this year.

World Book Day UK is Celebrating 25 Years

1 in 7 students said the title they chose to use their World Book Day token on was the first book of their own they'd ever had.

Amazon To Shutter Physical Bookstores

Amazon is shutting down all of their physical bookstores, as well as other pop-up shops selling toys and home goods.

Children’s Book Author Shirley Hughes has Died at 94

Shirley Hughes was the English author and illustrator of beloved picture books like Out and About, Dogger, and the Alfie series.

On Read Across America Day, Join PFLAG and #ReadWithLove

Support the right to read -- and read widely -- on Read Across America Day with the #ReadWithLove campaign..