More than 1,800 writers and publishers have signed an open letter in support of the pro-Palestine protesters who disrupted the ceremony of a prestigious Canadian literary award last week. Among the signatories is Canadian author Sarah Bernstein, the winner of the C$100,000 (£58,000) Scotiabank Giller prize. The Giller prize event was first interrupted when protesters…

On November 17, a group of eight local plaintiffs joined by the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska and advocacy group the Northern Justice project filed suit against Matanuska-Susitna Borough (Mat-Su) school district north of Anchorage, seeking the return of 56 books said to be improperly banned from school shelves. The suit was filed on…

Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha was reportedly detained in a mass arrest by the Israeli Defence Forces on the morning of November 20, 2023. He was at a checkpoint in Gaza traveling south toward the Rafah border crossing with his wife and children. We join the chorus of organizations and independent voices demanding his freedom…

Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com’s books column, in which authors share their most memorable reads. Whether you’re on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh, consider a recommendation from the writers in our series, who, like you (since you’re here), love books. Perhaps one of their favorite…

Self-doubt plagues many authors, but not James Ellroy. “The American hard-boiled novel begins with Dashiell Hammett’s ‘Red Harvest’ and concludes with my new novel, ‘The Enchanters,’” he says. Ellroy has plenty of evidence to point to. His many books, such as “LA Confidential” and “The Black Dahlia,” have landed on the bestseller list and been…

According to a recent report from PEN America — it’s a century-old nonprofit that works to protect free expression through literature — Florida overtook Texas during the last school year for the number one spot when it comes to the number of books banned in public schools. There’s been a 33% spike in book bans…

How was Occom able to rise to such a level of fame in his time? What was so singular about him? Occom was brought up in a community that valued strangers. Interacting with people from outside the community was a way of acknowledging the world’s sacredness. In my book, I discuss how this helps explain…

On March 20th, 2020, Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released. Just a few days after the majority of the world shut down, marking the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people fell into a virtual world in which sickness was not rampant and you could pay back the construction costs on your home at…

TODAY: In 1748, the first installment of Fanny Hill, the first American erotic novel, is published.   Colson Whitehead’s oeuvre chronicles nearly 200 years of American history. So can we call it “historical fiction”? | Lit Hub Criticism 17 new books for the long weekend. | The Hub “It is not merely an ingredient, but a…