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We need books about police violence and racism more than anything right now. Luckily, some small presses are offering their ebooks about police violence for free in the wake of protests against the murder of George Floyd. Load up your favorite e-reading device with these free ebooks and do the work to change your thinking

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Lambda Literary, an organization supporting LGBTQ+ writers and championing LGBTQ+ literature, announced today the winners of the 32nd Lambda Literary Awards. These awards are given every year to outstanding books in over 20 categories across a broad range of genres. The 2020 winners represent the wide diversity of LGBTQ+ books being published today, and the

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Jewish American writer and LGBTQ+ activist Larry Kramer died today in New York City at the age of 84. The cause of death was pneumonia; Kramer had been HIV+ since 1988.  Kramer’s debut novel came in 1978 with Faggots. This well-researched but controversial portrayal of gay life in Manhattan and Fire Island went on to

As we reported late last month, the Mat-Su School District in Alaska voted to remove five classic books from curriculum and classroom use:  Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. All were pulled due to their

Just a quick note to all you Book Riot readers out there that we’re taking the day off for Memorial Day. Hope you all have an excellent, bookish Monday, and we’ll be back tomorrow with our regularly scheduled programming. In the meantime, here are recommendations for books about military service and a history of the

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Starting today, you can watch Taika Waititi and a star-studded cast of supporting actors read Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach on YouTube. The Oscar-winning writer and director has teamed up with the Roald Dahl Story Company to present a reading of the children’s classic in ten episodes, all benefitting Partners In Health, a

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Even after COVID-19 earned declaration as a pandemic and public health emergency, libraries made preparations for what that would mean. Many closed, shifting to digital work. One notable exception was Chicago Public Library, which kept their libraries open far past a point where staff felt safe, implementing no new safety measures to protect them. Now,

On Thursday, Rick Riordan and his wife Becky Riordan took to Twitter to announce the development of the Percy Jackson series for Disney+. On December 10, 2019, Rick tweeted that he was meeting with Disney executives to convince them to adapt his popular middle grade novels. I guess it worked! Pssst. Hey, demigods . . . pic.twitter.com/7ep4aeyS3I —

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The Best Translated Book Award 2020 shortlists for both the fiction and poetry awards have been announced at The Millions. Founded in 2007, the Best Translated Book Award brings attention to the best works of translated literature published in the previous year. The winning author and translator each receive a cash prize for both the fiction

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It’s coming! Netflix’s adaptation of The Baby-Sitters Club will be available to stream on July 3. And Netflix just dropped the first teaser trailer for the new series. The 10-episode streaming series will feature the characters we all know and love from the books: Kristy Thomas (Sophie Grace), Mary-Anne Spier (Malia Baker), Claudia Kishi (Momona