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The 2023 National Book Award longlists showcase a celebration of outstanding literary talent across diverse genres.

Major textbook publishers take on Library Genesis in a groundbreaking copyright battle reshaping education access.

Exploring the future of publishing and self-publishing’s rise while addressing quality concerns and industry shifts.

The 2023 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing and Conservation celebrates our Earth in all its glory, and the importance of protecting it.

The How To Be Books Podcast was among a number of incredible and insightful shows to be nominated at the Independent Podcast Awards.

Fierce Senate hearing debate over book bans in the US shows Democrats and Republicans clashing on censorship in education.

Clean Up Alabama is the latest group to raise issues regarding LGBTQ books, calling for librarians to be jailed for displaying it near kids.

With concerns mounting over the impact AI-generated books are having on the e-book market, Amazon has created some new guidelines.

Professor Hakim Adi was shortlisted for the prestigious Wolfson History Prize only weeks after the University of Chichester made him redundant.

On International Literacy Day we look at the gamification of reading in the digital age – a bookworm’s dilemma.