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Trump refiles lawsuit against PRH, ‘NYT’

Oct 21 2025: President Donald Trump has refiled a lawsuit first brought September 16 in Florida accusing the New York Times and several of its reporters, including Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner, of disparagement. Penguin Random Hou…

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‘We want our stories to be told’: NSW Labor pledges $3.2m to support writing and literature amid AI onslaught

Oct 17 2025: It is a sector that delivers $1.3bn annually to the New South Wales economy and supports up to 22,000 jobs, yet the average writer earns just $18,200 a year from their creative practice.

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The world’s largest publishers, 2025

Oct 16 2025: After a seven-year run, the RELX Group has given up its title as the world’s largest book publisher, displaced by ThomsonReuters. The Canadian-based legal and professional publisher had a solid 2024, with revenue rising …

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The Nobel Prize for Literature goes to

Oct 09 2025: Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai. I purchased his Satantango many years ago, but it’s one of those that languished on my shelf for decades before making its way to Goodwill. ~ Sigh ~

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America’s burgeoning fleet of book bikes

Oct 08 2025: The United States is in a literacy crisis. In 2023, a survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics found that 28% of American citizens ages 16–65 read below the equivalent of a third-grade level. Anot…

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2025 National Book Awards Finalists Announced

Oct 07 2025: Here’s the list! Which ones have you read? Which are on your radar? Fiction: Rabih Alameddine, The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) Megha Majumdar, A Guardian and a Thief Karen Russell, The Antid…

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PEN America published their annual Banned Books report

Oct 01 2025: Interesting reading:

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2025 Booker Shortlist announced

Sep 23 2025: Here’s the list: Flashlight by Susan Choi The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai Audition by Katie Kitamura The Rest of Our Lives by Benjamin Markovits The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller Flesh by David S…

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