- 2026 Mar 13
Oregon Bookshop Turns the Page
Under new ownership, Black Sun Books in Eugene has been renamed Outliers Books and will now specialize in works by marginalized writers.
Indies Choice Finalists
Julian Brave Noisecat, Lily King, and V.E. Schwab are among the authors shortlisted for this year’s Indies Choice Book Awards, presented by the American Booksellers Association.
Bookstore Blooms in Washington State
Romantic Roots will host its grand opening in Olympia this weekend, offering romantasy books, fresh flowers, and plants.
Aspen Words Shortlist
Rabih Alameddine and Maria Reva are among the five authors shortlisted for this year’s Aspen Words Literary Prize, presented by the Aspen Institute.
- 2026 Mar 12
Florida Bookshop to Shutter
Writer’s Block Bookstore in Winter Garden will close its doors at the end of April.
New Chapter for Minnesota Bookshop
Lake Country Booksellers in White Bear Lake has welcomed a new co-owner as one of its original co-founders prepares to retire.
Massachusetts Bookstore Seeks New Owner
The current owners of Amherst Books are looking to sell the business.
Mobile Bookstore Rolls Through Idaho
Curbside Books has been making stops in and around Boise.
Connecticut Pop-Up Finds a Home
The Wicked Press will open a brick-and-mortar location in South Windsor by the end of this month.
- 2026 Mar 11
From the Carnegies
The Carnegies 2026 Shortlist Announced.
From the New Yorker
Giant Takes on Roald Dahl and His Antisemitism.
From People
Roald Dahl’s Antisemitism Explained: What to Know About the Children’s Book Author’s Controversial Legacy.
From Newsweek
Excerpt: Judy Blume and the Making of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
From Keys Weekly
Books & Books Celebrates a Decade of Words & Writers.
From NPR
This tale of a Chicago school book ban was inspired by true events.
From 100 Scope Notes
Cover Reveal: Interrupting Chicken Raises Her Wing by David Ezra Stein.
From Book Riot
Celebrate Women’s History Month with These Picture Books About Female Athletes.
Carla Hayden to Receive Biblio Award
The former librarian of Congress will receive Biographers International Organization’s 2026 Biblio Award, honoring a notable archivist.
Powell’s Books Takes Off
The Portland indie will open a new location in the city’s airport this week.
Pittsburgh Bookshop Melts the ICE
Blythe Books in Brentwood has been handing out free anti-ICE whistles.
- 2026 Mar 10
Webtoon Appoints New President
Yongsoo Kim, previously chief strategy officer and head of global, has been promoted to president of Webtoon Entertainment.
Marvel Announces Spider-Man Tie-Ins
Two new comics will coincide with the upcoming film Spider-Man: Brand New Day, slated to hit theaters later this year, per Gizmodo.
Titan Comics Adapts Two Movies
Animated feature My Father’s Dragon and sci-fi cult classic Highlander will get graphic novel adaptations this fall, according to Variety.
RIP Jacopo Camagni
The Italian artist, known for his work on such Marvel series as Scarlet Witch and Marvel Voices: Pride has died at 48, reports the Beat.
Journalist Revisits His Time in Prison
The Verge will publish a long-form webcomic about reporter Danny Fenster’s experience as a political prisoner in Myanmar, created in collaboration with New Yorker cartoonist Amy Kurzweil.
The Smithsonian Adds Superhero History
The American Museum of Natural History has acquired historic comics featuring Superman and Captain America’s first appearances, reports Smithsonian.
‘Smallville’ Star Previews Horror Comic
Kristin Kreuk, who played Lana Lang on the classic superhero show, has co-written a new horror series called Black Star, IGN reports.
Tatjana Wood Dies at 99
The award-winning colorist contributed to the iconic Swamp Thing run written by Alan Moore, per the New York Times.
‘Absolute Green Arrow’ Stays Timely
DC’s Absolute line is popular because of its focus on zeitgeist concerns, Popverse argues, and the latest addition will feature a serial killer hunting down billionaires.
Carol Shields Prize Longlist
Quiara Alegría Hudes and Katie Kitamura are among the 15 authors longlisted for this year’s Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for women and nonbinary writers from the U.S. and Canada.
Books and Mocktails Land in Florida
Pages and Perks will offer books, mocktails, beer, and desserts when it opens in St. Petersburg this summer.
Wattpad and ProWritingAid Launch Award
The Novel Beginnings competition will support emerging writers with a $50,000 grand prize, mentorship, and editorial guidance.
Texas Bookshop Finds Support
Locals have raised $43,000 to save Lark & Owl Booksellers in downtown Georgetown from closure.
Chicago to Welcome New Indie
Opening this month in North Center, Partners in Crime will specialize in romance and mystery novels.
Wisconsin Bookshop Reopens
Chapter and Charm in Waterloo officially relocated last week after a winter cold front caused insulation issues in its previous building.
- 2026 Mar 09
From the New York Times
He Wrote Judy Blume’s Life Story. She Won’t Talk About It.
From People
Otherwise Known as Judy the Great Introduces Judy Blume Like You’ve Never Seen Her Before.
From People
The Book Thief Turns 20: Author Markus Zusak Reflects on Two Decades of His Powerful Ode to Reading.
From Deadline
Heartstopper Creator Alice Oseman Gives Updates on Movie Finale’s Launch.
From Deadline
Lana Condor to Appear in Season 3 of XO, Kitty As Lara Jean Song Covey.
From the Harvard Crimson
Lois Lowry on Loss, History, and Children’s Choices.
From Edutopia
Jason Reynolds on What Fires the Imagination of Young Readers.
Authors Receive Rockefeller Residencies
Xochitl Gonzalez and 2018 PW Star Watch Superstar Francesca Cavallo are among the recipients of this year’s Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residencies.
Mobile Bookstore Rolls Through Louisiana
Chapter Twenty has been making stops in and around Denham Springs.
Books and Brews in N.Y. State
Published, a bookstore-bar combo, has opened in Huntington.
- 2026 Mar 06
Black Woman–Owned Bookshop Lands in N.J.
Àbákẹ́ Books & Café has opened in Jersey City.
California Bookstore Seeks Support
Judging by the Cover in Fresno is accepting GoFundMe donations as it plans to relocate.
Cafe-Bookshop Comes to Oregon
Read the Room has opened its doors in Sutherlin.
- 2026 Mar 05
New Indie to Land in Wisconsin
The Book and Cranny will open in Grafton later this month.
Yet Another Indie Heads to Wisconsin
Verbosity Bookhouse will host its soft opening in Port next week.
Spotlight on Salt Lake City Bookshop
1974 Bookstore in the city’s Pioneer Park neighborhood specializes in underrepresented authors, indie presses, and old pocketbooks.
- 2026 Mar 04
From Literary Hub
Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives of American Children.
From People
We Were Liars Author E. Lockhart Announces New Book The Pools.
From Deadline
Film Adaptation in the Works for Lynn Painter’s YA Novel Fake Skating.
From the Salt Lake Tribune
Utah adds four books to growing list of 27 titles now banned from all public schools.
From Brightly
Why Tweens Stop Reading—And How to Get Them Back into Books.
From People
Stephen King Inspired Spiderwick Chronicles Co-Creator Tony DiTerlizzi’s New Book The Wump
From the Bookseller
Rachel Denwood joins PRH to launch ‘major’ new children’s and YA imprint.
From the BBC
It was during his time at Oxford that Theodor Geisel made massive steps to becoming Dr. Seuss.
From Rhode Island Monthly
Q & A with The Polar Express Author and Illustrator Chris Van Allsburg.
From Times Union
A library visit reminds author Raj Tawney what "success" really means.
From Oprah Daily
6 Women’s History Month Picture Books That Spark Confidence and Courage.
From 100 Scope Notes
2026 Books from Newbery Winners.
Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist
Elaine Castillo, Susan Choi, and Katie Kitamura are among the 16 longlisted authors for the U.K.-based Women’s Prize for Fiction.
From World Kid Lit
Read a Book in a Day and Put the ‘World’ into World Book Day.
Plimpton and Hunnewell Prize Winners
Renny Gong and Bud Smith have received this year’s George Plimpton Prize and Susannah Hunnewell Prize, respectively, presented by the Paris Review.
Oregon Indie Changes Hands
The founders of Grass Roots Books and Music in Corvallis have sold the business to three of its employees.
From Book Riot
Books for Kids Who Love KPop Demon Hunters.
Libby Book Award Winners
Allegra Goodman and Emily Henry are among the winners across 21 categories for the library reading app’s annual awards.
NAB2 Launches Bookstore Directory
The National Association of Black Bookstores has released a catalog of and report on Black-owned bookshops around the country.
Pittsburgh Bookshop Makes Friends
White Whale Bookstore has been named as Pennsylvania’s friendliest small business, per a new study conducted by the Advance Funds Network.
- 2026 Mar 03
Binc Awards DPI Scholarship
Amanda Qassar, a bookseller at Warwick’s in La Jolla, Calif., has received the Book Industry Charitable Foundation’s scholarship to attend the Denver Publishing Institute.
PEN/Faulkner Award Finalists
Addie E. Citchens’s Dominion and Lily King’s Heart the Lover are among the five finalists for this year’s PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize Winner
Alejandro Lucero’s manuscript At the Bottom of the Sea with One Light has won the 25th annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, presented by Boa Editions.
- 2026 Mar 02
From People
Lois Lowry Shares Excerpt from New Book, Building 903, Announces The Giver Deluxe Edition.
From the New York Times
U.S. Schools Are Betting Big on A.I. Will New York City Be Next?
From the Almanac
AI images scandalized a California elementary school. Now the state is pushing new safeguards.
From LateNighter
Former Kimmel Writer Bess Kalb Wrote a Children’s Book. Then Parents Found Her Political Jokes.
From Variety
Little House on the Prairie Reboot Sets Release Date.
From the New York Times
My Kids Love Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! What Should They Read Next? by Travis Jonker.
Jack & Roz Kirby Award Winners
ComicArtFans.com has announced the winners of the inaugural Jack & Roz Kirby Awards, which recognize “innovation, excellence, and humanity in narrative communication,” across seven categories.
Virginia College Town Gets Bookish
Four UVA undergraduates have relaunched Heartwood Books in Charlottesville as Ginkgo Books.
- 2026 Feb 26
Drue Heinz Literature Prize Grows
The award for short fiction, which is presented by the University of Pittsburgh, has increased its purse from $15,000 to $25,000.
- 2026 Feb 25
From Book Riot
A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives.
From 404 Media
What's the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?
From Deadline
Sycamore Studios Lands Rights to Madeline Children's Book Franchise, Sets New Animated Feature Adaptation.
From Substack
Children's author and comedy writer Bess Kalb addressed Congress about book bans.
From CBS News
Children's bookstore Brave + Kind Bookshop makes representation in stories a main character.
From Vulture
"The Judy Blume Book That Scandalized a Nation" by Mark Oppenheimer.
From People
The Giving Tree Author Shel Silverstein Once Admitted He Never Planned to Write or Draw for Kids and Had Previously Written for Playboy.
From Fuse #8
Accessing a "powerful lens beyond the dominant Anglophone market": A Talk with USBBY President Susan Polos.
From Apollo Magazine
A Love Letter to The Jolly Postman.
From Book Riot
Carolina Ixta on Fighting Apathy with Action and Hope in YA Literature and Beyond.
From the Everymom
47 Books to Read with Kids Before You Watch Their On-Screen Adaptations.
S.C. Bookstore Puts Moving on Pause
Queer Haven Books in Columbia will not relocate as planned due to concerns over a possible ICE office in the area.
Colorado Judge Blocks Police Access
The judge prevented a Durango detective from obtaining the purchase history of several customers from Maria’s Bookshop.
Los Angeles Bookshop at Risk
READ Books may be forced to relocate due to its rent increasing by nearly 250%.
- 2026 Feb 24
AAP Prose Awards Finalists
The Association of American Publishers has announced the finalists and category winners for the 50th annual Prose Awards, which honors professional and scholarly works.
Missouri’s Newest Bookstore-Bar
Bookmark This Bar has opened in Rolla.
Self-Service Bookshop Lands in Colorado
Books on the Block has opened its doors in Fort Morgan.
