Book Ban Attempts Hit Record High in 2022
According to a new report from the American Library Association released Thursday, book bans and restrictions at school and public libraries were at a record high in 2022. Apparently, there were more than 1,200 challenges last year, nearly double the amount in 2021, and by far the most since the ALA began keeping data 20 years ago. In 2022, over 2,500 different books were objected to, compared to 1,858 in 2021 and 566 in 2019. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. “The last two years have been exhausting, frightening, outrage inducing.”
The Great Gatsby Gets A Graphic Novel Adaptation
Clover Press is releasing a graphic novel adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby. The graphic novel, entitled The Great Gatsby: The Essential Graphic Novel Adaptation, comes from writer Ted Adams and artist Jorge Coelho. The book is currently being crowdfunded through Kickstarter. Clover Press has teamed up with charities so that certain pledge tiers will include donations to schools, libraries, and the charity Reader to Reader, Inc.
Book Fraudster Filippo Bernardini Spared Jail
Filippo Bernardini, the man who stole more than 1,000 manuscripts so he could be “one of the fewest to cherish them before anyone else,” will not be facing jail time. The former rights coordinator plead guilty to one count of wire fraud in New York in January. On Thursday, judge Colleen McMahon sentenced Bernardini to time served, meaning he will not be imprisoned; however, Bernardini has agreed to pay $88,000 to Penguin Random House to cover legal and expert fees. Bernardini will also be deported from the US.
An Overthinker’s Guide to Giving Book Recommendations
Do you question every book you recommend? Spiral immediately after giving a book your stamp of approval? This overthinker’s guide is for you.