RARE PHOTOS: 24 | Rare Historical Photos

Raymond Briggs’s library goes on sale at his local Oxfam shop

Books belonging to the beloved creator of The Snowman and When the Wind Blows were donated by his estate after his death

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23

Salman Rushdie testifies at the terrorism trial of the man convicted of stabbing him

Salman Rushdie has testified for the second time about being stabbed nearly to death four years ago in a western New York amphitheater

The Independent UK · Jul 23

How many books is too many?

The number of books you have, and the way you shelve them, invites judgment

Salon · Jul 23

If You Love Netflix's 'Ransom Canyon,' Here's Your Guide to the Jodi Thomas Books That Inspired It

The Western is loosely based on a series of cowboy-romance novels.

Marie Claire · Jul 23

The end of Heartstopper is a bittersweet loss – it’s never felt scarier to be young and queer

The gay Netflix romance maintained a political edge despite rollbacks to queer and trans rights

The Guardian - US · Jul 23

Salman Rushdie’s attacker goes on trial again in federal case centered on decades-old ‘fatwa’

The attempted murder case against Matar focused on the details of the knife attack while the federal one delves more into questions of motive

The Independent UK · Jul 22

Pumping Iron author Charles Gaines who introduced Arnold Schwarzenegger to the world dead at age 84

Schwarzenegger paid tribute on social media, writing, ‘I’m lucky that he was always looking for new frontiers, because that’s how he found me and our niche sport of bodybuilding’

The Independent UK · Jul 22

Salman Rushdie attacker faces US terrorism trial

Hadi Matar, already serving 25 years for attempted murder, denies federal charges that could bring a life sentence

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22

The rise of the ‘hot literati’: how reading became sexy

Celebrities are hosting literary clubs and designers are launching products emblazoned with the classics – but does reading’s trendy turn have a darker side?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22

Rights group urges Vietnam to release five arrested over Ho Chi Minh book

HANOI — Human ⁠Rights ⁠Watch on Wednesday called on ​Vietnam to release a former business executive and four other people ​over their roles in the ‌publication and promotion of a book about Ho Chi Minh that allegedly contained anti-state content.

Bangkok Post · Jul 22