- Indigo re-opens in downtown Vancouver with smaller Indigospirit outlet. (The Georgia Straight)
- Texas bookseller supports open-carry law by offering discount to patrons holding guns. (KVUE)
- The Bookseller reports ebook sales dropping in the U.K. for first time. (The Guardian)
- Kickstarter funding documentary of sci-fi author Ursula K. Le Guin reaches 70 per cent of goal in one day. (Los Angeles Times)
- English novelist Tom Sharpe’s partner fined for illegal burial of the novelist’s remains along with a bottle of whiskey, a cigar, and a pen. (Lit Reactor)
- Korea now has lowest number of readers since its government started keeping records in 1994. (The Korea Times)
- Hong Kong bookseller openly keeping banned books on shelves, despite the recent disappearances of Hong Kong publishing professionals. (NPR)
- Marvel’s Sana Amanat on the legacy of Ms. Marvel. (Entertainment Weekly)
- London’s House of Illustration exhibits U.K. largest-ever showing of female comic art. (Melville House)
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