7+ hour, 41+ min ago  (207+ words) The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the late Sachiko Kiyono's Nontan children's books announced on Saturday the series will receive a new 3D CG-animated work to celebrate the 50th anniversary for the franchise. The franchise will also hold an interactive exhibit…...

8+ hour, 1+ min ago  (829+ words) A crowd fills the Port Charlotte Library one last time Saturday to shop the shelves for last-minute bargains at a last-day book sale. Book lovers lined up early for a last-day book sale at the Port Charlotte Library on Saturday....

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (263+ words) Literary Hub Lit Hub Weekly: July 6 - 10, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - Lisa Owens explores the “taboo” ways women writers arrange the balance between creativity with family. | Lit Hub Craft - How Jane Austen subverted the kind of romance she mastered…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (107+ words) A teen harnesses her vampiric powers in book two of Lewis’s Blood Chronicles series. Ages 14 and up. The conclusion to The Keeper’s Records of Revolution duology from Ali sees rebels organizing against an oppressive society. Ages 14 and up. Roth reimagines…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (211+ words) Celebrate the release of The Lord of the Wood with author E M Anderson at Gathering Volumes in Perrysburg on Tuesday, July 21 at 6:30pm. The new novel blends cozy fantasy and creeping horror and an unexpected connection along the way. 196 E. South…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (178+ words) Fast + Louche is a glorious snapshot of what fun looked like before the algorithm took over Fast + Louche is out now as a limited-edition hardcover published by Just an Idea, an imprint run by Sarah Andelman of the late, beloved…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (313+ words) “Elizabeth Bishop, Geography III (‘But I felt: you are an I, / you are an Elizabeth, / you are one of them’) or James Wright, The Branch Will Not Break and The Green Wall (‘One more night of walking, and I could…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (96+ words) And while not debuts, The Grief Shop (linked stories) paired with Purgatoire (a novel-in-stories) further showcase how stories are a versatile structure with the ability to offer both narrative satisfaction and surprise. Celebrate the warmer weather with these hot new…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (220+ words) The Library Foundation of Los Angeles, in partnership with the Los Angeles Public Library, will premiere “Luceros y Penumbras: The World’s Largest Pop-Up Book” on July 11 in the rotunda of the Richard J. Riordan Central Library. The exhibition is a…...

3+ day, 43+ min ago  (310+ words) This week: Iranian artists remember the victims of the Minab airstrike, a trip through Alabama’s Barn Quilt Trail, Kansas City’s bygone lesbian haven, Erling Haaland memes, and more. Author Whitney Washington shares dispatches from her trip through the Alabama Barn…...