- 2025 Jun 25
Vermont Bookstore Is On the Move
The Burlington location of Phoenix Books is moving to a new location on Church Street, the city's main shopping thoroughfare.
- 2025 May 23
Michelle de Kretser Wins Stella Prize
The author’s novel Theory and Practice (Catapult) won this year’s $60,000 Stella Prize, which celebrates women and nonbinary writers in Australia.
Bookstores to Celebrate Read 25 Day
Bookshop.org, author Gretchen Rubin, and hundreds of indie bookstores have partnered to host a nationwide gathering on June 25 centered on 25 minutes of silent reading.
Oregon Bookshop to Shutter After Decades
Despite several attempts to save itself, Laurie’s Books in Oregon City will close its doors after more than 40 years in business.
Movie-Bookshop Combo Opens In Michigan
The newly opened Pages & Pixels in Big Rapids offers books, video games, and a movie rental service.
- 2025 May 22
Page One Announces 2026 Media Grant
Effective for the 2026 publishing year, Page One Media is shifting from providing three partial grants to providing one fully supported pro bono publicity campaign to an underrepresented writer.
Indie Bookshop Owners Changing the Game
Across the U.S., a wave of new—and often younger—bookshop owners are campaigning for independent bookstores amid increased book bans and uncertainty within the industry.
Manya Wilkinson Wins Encore Award
The author’s novel Lublin (And Other Stories) won this year’s £15,000 Encore Award, presented by the U.K.-based Royal Society of Literature.
Iconic Queer Bookshop Relocates
Glad Day Bookshop, which has operated in Toronto for more than 50 years, will relocate amid the imminent threat of eviction.
Russian Store Fined for LGBTQ Content
A judge in St. Petersburg ordered the century-old bookstore Podpisniye Izdaniya to pay a fine of 800,000 rubles ($10,000) for promoting LGBTQ “propaganda.”
New Fantasy Bookshop Coming to Virginia
The Dark, Unbound is set to open in Arlington, and will offer books by underrepresented authors in the fantasy, science-fiction, speculative fiction, and horror genres.
Mobile Bookshop Hits the Road in Kansas
Smitten Booktique is the first romance book-mobile to roll into Kansas City.
Woman-Owned Indie to Open in Ohio
The women-owned Blue Couch Bookshop is set to open in Columbus this summer.
Den of Geek Auction to Support Binc
Den of Geek’s newest auction will feature rare Superman comics, with all proceeds benefiting the Book Industry Charitable Foundation.
- 2025 May 21
From the Washington Post
Federal judge orders that Education Department must reinstate nearly 1,400 fired workers.
From the Associated Press
Most books pulled from Naval Academy library are back on the shelves in latest DEI turn.
From ADF
Oregon education service district bans children’s books.
From the Times
British author Aidan Chambers, author of Dance on My Grave, Postcards from No Man's Land, and other groundbreaking YA novels, has died at age 90.
From the Bookseller
Japanese-inspired children's indie publisher Do Re Mi to launch in U.K. in 2026.
From the Conversation
Moomin merchandise and fashion: 80 years of ultra-savvy marketing that taps into childhood nostalgia.
From the Associated Press
Gloria Steinem and Leymah Gbowee, activists and close friends, are working on a picture book.
From NPR
The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner explores the healing power of hiking.
From People
New YA Romance 'Love in Translation' Series Offers Study Abroad Escape.
From NPR
Kids notice everything—here's what one child sees Next to Me.
B&N Takes Over UW Bookstore
After more than 100 years in business as an independent bookstore, the University of Washington’s University Book Store in Seattle will be taken over by a Barnes & Noble.
Romance Bookshop Debuts in Michigan
Mon Coeur Books, a new independent bookstore dedicated to romance, opened yesterday in Canton.
New Bookshop Splashes into Connecticut
Mermaid Books, an independent bookstore in downtown Milford, is set to have its soft opening at the end of May, and its grand opening in mid-June.
IBPA Book Award Winners
The Independent Book Publishers Association has named its winners across 59 categories for this year’s IBPA Book Award, which honors independently published books.
Virginia Bookshop Seeks New Owner
Book No Further in Roanoke announced plans to close its brick-and-mortar location at the end of May, unless a buyer steps in.
Firecracker Awards Finalists
Edwidge Danticat, Don Mee Choi, and Oliver Radclyffe are among the 26 finalists across four categories for this year’s Firecracker Awards, presented by the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses.
- 2025 May 20
Gotham Book Prize Winners
Ian Frazier’s Paradise Bronx (FSG) and Nicole Gelinas’s Movement (Empire State Editions) are the winners of this year’s Gotham Book Prize, which celebrates books either about New York City or that take place in New York City.
Sasha Vasilyuk Wins Sami Rohr Prize
The author’s novel Your Presence Is Mandatory (Bloomsbury) has won this year’s Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.
Bookstore Owner Faces Racist Messages
Tia Hamilton, the owner of Urban Reads Bookstore in Baltimore, has received more than 500 racist messages in the past few months—but she refuses to back down.
New Jersey’s First Romantasy Book-Mobile
Between The Covers Co. is rolling down the streets of Asbury Park as the state’s first mobile romantasy bookshop.
‘Obscene Displays’ Bill Dies in Texas
A bill that would have exposed booksellers to lawsuits over materials deemed inappropriate for children appears to have died in the Texas House after missing key deadlines.
- 2025 May 19
From KERA News
Bill Making Bookstores Liable for 'Obscene Displays' Appears Dead in Texas House.
From Variety
Netflix Picks Up Sesame Street Worldwide Streaming Rights After Max Deal Ends.
From People
Sunrise on the Reaping Is Getting a Collector's Edition.
From the New York Times
Ibram X. Kendi Introduces Malcolm X to a New Generation.
From People
The Anxious Generation's Jonathan Haidt Encourages Kids to Break Up with Their Phones in The Amazing Generation.
From Today
Read with Jenna Jr. 2025: See all 22 books on her summer reading list.
From Christie’s
7 Surprising Things from Maurice Sendak's Collection.
- 2025 May 16
Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees
Tom King, Leela Corman, and Olivier Schrauwen are among the nominees in 32 categories for this year’s Will Eisner Comic Industry Award, presented by Comic-Con.
Center for Fiction Honors Murakami
Haruki Murakami will be receive the Lifetime of Excellence in Fiction Award at the Center for Fiction’s annual awards benefit in Brooklyn on December 9.
Washington’s Newest Romance Bookshop
Hardcovers Romance Bookstore opened in Mills Creek earlier this spring, and is the town’s first bookstore since the local University Book Store branch closed in 2019.
Yasmin Zaher Wins Dylan Thomas Prize
The Palestinian author’s novel The Coin has won the Dylan Thomas Prize, which awards £20,000 for writers aged 39 or under.
- 2025 May 15
Galal El-Behairy Wins PEN/Barbey Award
The Egyptian poet and lyricist, jailed since 2018, has been awarded the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award.
Larry Gagosian Buys Hamptons Bookshop
The art dealer and gallerist has bought BookHampton in East Hampton, N.Y., which he intends to keep as a general interest bookstore with some expanded art and design offerings.
Orwell Foundation Prize Finalists
Robert Harris, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Mishal Husain are among the 16 finalists for this year’s Political Writing and Political Fiction Prizes, presented by the U.K.-based Orwell Foundation.
Baifang Schell Book Prize Winners
Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and Edward Wong are this year’s winners of the inaugural Baifang Schell Book Prize, which offers $10,000 awards in nonfiction and translated literature categories and is presented by the China Books Review.
Goethe Translator’s Prize Winners
Paul Reitter and Juliane Scholtz are the winners of this year’s Wolff Translator’s Prize and Gutekunst Prize, respectively, both presented by the Goethe-Institut New York.
- 2025 May 14
From AL.com
What is a 'sexually explicit' book? What Alabama's new rule means for libraries.
From People
Sheryl Lee Ralph and Pennsylvania Legislature Celebrate Expansion of Scholastic Literacy Program: Reading Is Definitely Fundamental'
From Animation Magazine
Apple TV+ announces new animated pre-K series Not a Box based on Antoinette Portis's picture book.
From People
National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Mac Barnett Wrote a Rumpelstiltskin Retelling.
From People
Samira Ahmed's New YA Multiverse Romance Will Help Kids See Themselves as Heroes.
From the Conversation
The Moomins drift through time like a myth—that's why they resist meaning and endure.
From Entertainment Weekly
The best movies based on children's books, from Little Women to The Wizard of Oz.
From Fuse #8
A Complete Listing of Children's Literature Statues: 2025 Edition.
Singapore’s New Amazon Alternative
Eight indie booksellers in Singapore have launched Bookshop.sg, a one-stop online bookstore featuring more than 40,000 titles in English, Mandarin, and Malay.
Calif. Bookshop Shutters After 30 Years
JLM Bookstore in Cambria will close after 30 years in business due to the property recently being sold.
North Carolina’s Newest Bookshop
Fable Books & Cafe has opened in Holly Springs, filling the literary void in southern Wake County.
- 2025 May 13
RIP Jackson ‘Butch’ Guice
The acclaimed artist for Marvel and DC since the early 1980s has died at 63, reports Comic Book Resources.
Former IDW Exec Sentenced to Prison
David Ozer, the producer and former president of IDW Entertainment, has been sentenced to 18 month in prison after being convicted of fraud and embezzlement, reports the Beat.
Tessa Hulls Won’t Write Another Book
In an interview with the Seattle Times, the artist and writer said that her Pulitzer Prize–winning debut graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts will be her only book.
Winners of the Glyph Comics Awards
Shook!: A Black Horror Anthology and Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods were among the winners of this year’s Glyph Comics Awards, presented at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention, per Bleeding Cool.
Trump’s Tariffs and the Comics Industry
The Comics Journal spoke with publishers about President Trump’s tariffs, who believe that they can’t take a sigh of relief just yet, even though books are exempt from these policies—for now.
PRH and DC Link for Superman Audiobook
Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s All-Star Superman will be adapted as an audiobook this summer, featuring cover art by Quitely, a full cast of 25 voices, an original music score, and sound effects.
Vox Media Pawns Off Polygon to Valnet
Gaming journalism website Polygon has been sold by Vox Media to Valnet—the owner of such digital media brands as ScreenRant, GameRant, and Android Police—and a number of longtime staffers have been laid off amid the shuffle, reports the Verge.
NZ Airport Axes Hobbit-Themed Sculptures
After more than a decade, New Zealand’s Wellington Airport will remove its Hobbit-themed eagle sculptures to make way for a new mystery exhibit, according to the BBC.
Dallas Bookshop Chain Resists Texas Bill
Half Price Books is helping lead the fight against the HB 1375 bill, which would hold bookstores liable for selling or displaying books that some may find obscene.
British Book Award Winners
Percival Everett, Asako Yuzuki, and Alexei Navalny are among the winners of this year’s British Book Awards, presented by the Bookseller. Margaret Atwood also received the British Book Award for Freedom to Publish.
Portland Suburb Gets a New Bookshop
Sherwood Bookstore in Sherwood, Ore., seeks to bring literature, hot tea, and bookish goodies to an area lacking in bookstores.
Todd H. Bol Award Winners
Kristen Berthiaume, Katie Frazier, and Reyna Macias are among the winners of Little Free Library’s Todd H. Bol Awards.
Chinese Bookshop Finds a Home in D.C.
After facing pressure to close his store in China, Miao Yu opened JF Books in Dupont Circle last fall, serving as Washington, D.C.’s first Chinese bookstore.
- 2025 May 12
From the Wall Street Journal
How World War II Became the Hottest Book Craze… for Kids.
From the Washington Post
Judy Blume wrote honestly about teen sex. At 50, Forever endures.
From the Associated Press
Kids' author Mo Willems and The Pigeon stare down the future in a new book.
From Book Riot
8 Young Adult Books to Read for Jewish American Heritage Month.
Joyce Carol Oates Prize Winners
Jennine Capó Crucet and Willy Vlautin have won this year’s Joyce Carol Oates Prize, presented by the New Literary Project.
Applications Open for Binc Scholarship
In collaboration with Macmillan, Binc has opened applications for the Macmillan Booksellers Professional Development Scholarship, providing $750 to booksellers traditionally underrepresented within the industry to attend fall trade shows.
Three Bookstores Come to Washington
After lacking bookstores for years, Puyallup will be home to three new shops opening this year, including Bundok Books, page & pine, and a Barnes & Noble.
Minnesota Bookshop Offers Banned Books
Scout & Morgan Books in Cambridge is joining forces with authors Dave Eggers and Amanda Uhle to give St. Francis students free access to commonly banned books.
Dallas Bookstore Faces Funding Cuts
Bookshop and publisher Deep Vellum is losing its federal arts funding amid the Trump administration’s budget cuts to several different sectors.
- 2025 May 09
Resignations at Florida Bookstore
Several employees of Bodacious Bookstore & Cafe in Pensacola said they quit their jobs after a manager directed them to remove LGBTQ+ titles from shelves.
Florida Children’s Bookshop Opens
The Story Garden, St. Petersburg’s first children’s-only bookstore, opened earlier this spring.
- 2025 May 07
From Book Riot
Utah Bans 18th Book from All Public Schools Statewide.
From Maclean's
"How My LGBTQ Kids' Book Ended Up at the U.S. Supreme Court."
From the SC Daily Gazette
Author Malinda Lo asks: Why is sex so scary to book banners?
From School Library Journal
When Erica S. Perl's school visit was canceled, she fought back and won.
From the New York Times
Forever, a new Netflix series, adapts Judy Blume's 1970s novel with a contemporary Black cast.
From Deadline
E.B. White's The Trumpet of the Swan to be adapted into an animated feature film.
From Tudum
Why Heartstopper Creator Alice Oseman Is "So Excited" About the Upcoming Movie.
From People
Bestselling YA Author Dhonielle Clayton Launched 'Love in Translation' Series to Support Debut Writers of Color.
From Brightly
Picture Books That Celebrate Jewish Heritage and Culture.
Chicago Bookstore-Cafe Has New Owners
Build Coffee on the city’s South Side has been bought by author Eve L. Ewing, journalist trina reynolds-tyler, and organizer Andrea Faye Hart.
South Carolina Bookshop Shutters
After nearly 25 years, Fiction Addiction in Greenville will close its doors this month.
‘Writing the Prado’ Residents
Helen Oyeyemi and Mathias Énard have been named writers-in-residence for the third edition of Writing the Prado, a joint initiative between the Prado Museum in Madrid and the Loewe Foundation.
AUPresses Design Selections
The Association of University Presses has announced the 110 selections for this years’ AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show.
Ohio’s Newest Bookstore
Blue Couch Bookshop, an independent woman-owned bookstore, is getting ready to open its doors in Columbus this summer.
