- 2025 Dec 08
Nonfiction YA Award Finalists
Ann Bausum and Candace Fleming are among the five finalists for the Young Adult Library Services Association’s Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award.
Cleveland’s First Children’s Bookshop
The Wandering Lantern has opened in the city’s Lakewood suburb.
Maryland’s Newest Bookstore
Lily Books & Café opened last week in downtown Cumberland.
Missouri Comic Bookshop’s New Chapter
Betty’s Books has reopened in St. Louis County.
- 2025 Dec 05
Binc to Offer ComicsPRO Scholarships
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation will double the number of scholarships it offers for comic store owners and their employees to attend the ComicsPRO industry meeting in Glendale, Calif., held February 18-21.
NYC’s First Fantasy Bookshop
Love & Legends Books opened in Brooklyn’s Prospect Heights neighborhood last month.
Winners of the Goodreads Choice Awards
Fredrik Backman’s My Friends and Emily Henry’s Great Big Beautiful Life are among the winners of this year’s Goodreads Choice Awards, selected by more than 7.5 million voters.
New Bookstore Blooms in Upstate N.Y.
Botanica Books has landed in Saratoga Springs.
Wisconsin’s Newest Indie
The Nerdy Word will host its grand opening in Union Grove this weekend.
- 2025 Dec 04
New Bookshop Lands in Ohio
Escape into Fiction opened earlier this fall in Powell.
Watty Award Winners
Sapphic sports romance Behind the Camera is the grand prize winner of this year’s Watty Awards, presented by Wattpad.
Kansas City Bookstore to Shutter
Afterword Tavern & Shelves is slated to close in January.
Florida Gets a New Bookstore
No Shelf Control bookshop recently opened its doors in St. Augustine.
- 2025 Dec 03
From the Guardian
Mr. Men Little Miss feature film in the works from Paddington producers.
From People
YA Bestseller Ruta Sepetys Turns to Adult Historical Fiction with A Fortune of Sand.
From People
George M. Johnson and Leah Johnson's Holiday YA Rom-Com Offers a 'Glimpse of a Possible Future.'
From the Strategist
The Best New Books for Kids Published in 2025.
From Literary Hub
10 Great Children's Books You Might Have Missed in 2025.
PEN America Names Grant Winners
The organization has announced this year’s recipients of grants for works in progress, including the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants and the PEN/Bare Life Review Grants, among others.
Kansas Bookshop Changes Hands
Hedgehog.INK Bookstore in Fort Scott was sold to new owners this week.
Libro.fm Bookseller Choice Award Winners
Audiobooks of Amal El-Mohtar’s The River Has Roots and John Green’s Everything Is Tuberculosis are among the winners of this year’s Libro.fm Bookseller Choice Awards, as selected by indie bookshops around the world.
Black-Owned Bookstore Lands in Chicago
Honey And Hue will offer books by BIPOC authors in the city’s Beverly neighborhood.
- 2025 Dec 02
PSLA Launches Writers Scholarship
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, P.S. Literary Agency has launched its Emerging Writers Scholarship, which offers $1,000 and one-on-one mentorship to support unpublished and underrepresented writers.
Indie Bookstore Lands in San Diego
Library Shop Mission Hills opened its doors earlier this week.
North Carolina’s Newest Bookshop
Main & Mountain Bookstore opened last weekend in downtown Kernersville.
Tom Paulin Wins PEN Heaney Prize
The author’s Namanlagh has won this year’s PEN Heaney Prize, presented by the U.K.-based English PEN, the Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann, and the Estate of Seamus Heaney.
- 2025 Dec 01
From the Bookseller
David Higham Associates acquires The Bent Agency UK.
From Literary Hub
A children's book press had to tell Pete Hegseth to not depict their turtle committing murder.
New Indie Lands in North Carolina
Main & Mountain Bookstore opened in downtown Kernersville over the weekend.
From Mother Jones
AI Is Coming for Your Toddler's Bedtime Story.
New Missouri Store Breaks Down Barriers
The Littlest Library, Kansas City’s first Latina-owned bookstore, offers titles in English and Spanish.
Arkansas Bookstore Changes Hands
Kristin Tardif, a professor at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, is the new owner of Bookish in Fort Smith.
From 100 Scope Notes
The Most Unconventional Children's Books of 2025.
Comics Store, Bookstore to Open in Maine
Comic Shop News and Bookish will soon set up shop in downtown Skowhegan.
- 2025 Nov 26
Romance Pop-Up to Land in California
A Novel Affair will open its doors this weekend in downtown Los Altos.
Ohio Record Store Gets Bookish
Blackbird Records in Mansfield will launch Blackbird Books this week.
- 2025 Nov 25
Rhode Island’s Newest Bookstore
Forget Me Not Fables Bookshop is set to open soon in North Providence.
‘WaPo’ Picks Best Graphic Novels of 2025
The Washington Post’s best comics of 2025 include new books by Joe Sacco, Anders Nilsen, and Mimi Pond.
- 2025 Nov 24
From the Associated Press
Texas A&M committee rules professor's firing over a children's literature lesson about gender identity was unjustified.
From Book Riot
A Major Court Win for IMLS, Libraries.
From Literary Hub
On the Sweeping Supreme Court Decision That Led to Widespread High School Censorship.
From Publishing Perspectives
International Children's Publishers Mobilize for a Stronger Future.
From MSN
Helme Heine, creator of Friends and many other picture books, has died at age 84.
From Variety
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Trailer: First Look at Joseph Zada's Young Haymitch in Series Prequel.
From Bloody Disgusting
Christopher Pike's YA novel Die Softly optioned for movie adaptation.
From the New York Times
John Green Doesn't Want You to Lose the Magic of Your Teenage Self.
From Midcoast Villager
Chris Van Dusen Was Surprised as Anyone When Taylor Swift Wore His T-Shirt.
From the Mirror
Jeopardy! Contestants Left Stumped Over Iconic Children's Book Clue.
From 100 Scope Notes
The 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards.
From People
Rhiannon Giddens Illustrates Color Me Country: A Celebration of Black Women Who Shaped Country Music.
From the New York Times
"My Kid Loves Percy Jackson. What Should They Read Next?"
Oklahoma’s Newest Attraction
Tulsa-based Art Deco museum Decopolis has opened a second location that includes an onsite bookseller, FableRealm Bookstore, focused on fantasy and romantasy.
South Carolina Gets Sweet
The Bluffton Bookshop will open in Bluffton next year, and will feature a dessert parlor alongside its books.
Romance Bookshop to Land in Michigan
Dust & Blush Bookshop will open its doors in downtown Boyne City next spring.
Superman #1 Sells for $9.12 Million
A copy of Superman #1 found in an attic in Northern California broke the auction record for the most expensive comic book ever sold, per the Beat.
NPR’s Comics We Love 2025
From Alison Bechdel’s Spent to Daniel Miyares’s How to Say Goodbye in Cuban, NPR’s roundup of the year’s best comics and graphic novels has something for everyone.
Kickstarter for ‘Phobos Vol. II’
Eisner nominated graphic novelist Jason Brubaker and award winning sculptor Jeff Yagher unite for Titan Comics’ first Kickstarter campaign, per First Comics News.
In Funko’s Fall, We All Sinned
For those in the comics industry, Funko’s topple from a certain profit center to a dusty dollar bin comes with some schadenfreude. But it also can’t be ignored that Pops were a boon for comics stores for many years, per the Beat.
- 2025 Nov 23
‘Simpsons’ Writer Dan McGrath Dies
The Emmy-winning comedy writer best known for his credits on animated classics died November 14 at the age of 61, according to Deadline.
- 2025 Nov 21
Barnes & Noble Returns to Brooklyn
The chain has reopened its Park Slope location following a four-month renovation.
Maya Angelou Book Award Winner
Alison C. Rollins’s Black Bell has won this year’s Maya Angelou Book Award, presented by the Kansas City Public Library.
Nommo Award Winners
Tlotlo Tsamaase and Suyi Davies Okungbowa are among the winners of the 8th annual Nommo Awards, presented by the U.K.’s African Speculative Fiction Society.
- 2025 Nov 20
Inaugural Alderbrink Awards
Alderbrink, the online magazine launched earlier this year with a focus on fine press books, has selected titles across nine categories as the winners of its inaugural book awards.
Minnesota’s Second Romance-Only Bookshop
Hey Darling has landed in Austin.
Brooklyn’s Haven for Romantasy
Love and Legends, which started as a pop-up shop earlier this year, will open in Prospect Heights this weekend.
Wisconsin Paper Mill Turns Bookish
The Flora Shelves, a bookshop and flower boutique, will take over an old paper mill in Appleton this winter.
Ohio’s Newest Romance Bookstore
Forced Proximity opened in Findlay earlier this month.
- 2025 Nov 19
From KCUR
Missouri court strikes down book ban law that pushed libraries to remove hundreds of titles.
From the Bookseller
Sarah Ferguson's new children's book pulled from sale days before publication.
From Literary Hub
Rejected pitches for the live-action Eloise.
Little Free Library Wins Service Award
The nonprofit has received a 2025 Gold Anthem Award for granting 200 Little Free Library book-sharing boxes and 40,000 books to Title I schools across the U.S.
Michigan Bookshop’s Thanksgiving Feast
The Folded Leaf in Cedar will be offering fully prepared Thanksgiving meals to the local community next week.
North Carolina Bookstore on the Move
The Lazy Daisy Bookshop in Jacksonville will soon move to a larger location, featuring a new cafe area.
- 2025 Nov 18
Mobile Bookshop Travels the Country
St. Rita’s Traveling Bookstore, helmed by a 70-year-old, has been rolling through the U.S. since 2015.
Cercador Prize Winner
Jazmina Barrera’s The Queen of Swords, translated by Christina MacSweeney, has won this year’s Cercador Prize, which recognizes works of literary translation as selected by indie booksellers around the U.S.
Design-Focused Bookshop Lands in Dallas
Bird’s Bookstore offers art books, artisanal gifts, and coffee.
Gailey Award Winner
Sarah Lazin of Aevitas Creative Management has won the Association of American Literary Agents’ highest honor, named after former president Gail Hochman.
AALA’s Impact Award Winners
The Association of American Literary Agents’ inaugural Impact Award for Committee Service has recognized three members “whose behind-the-scenes volunteer work has strengthened the organization.”
- 2025 Nov 17
From CNN
Granddaughter of Charlotte's Web author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation.
From CBS News
Selling comic books to kids is technically illegal in Sacramento. That may soon change.
From the New York Times
Getting into the arena as The Hunger Games stage adaptation goes live.
From Literary Hub
The case for child liberation through children's books.
Chicago Indie to Close
Citing competition from a Barnes & Noble outlet that opened two blocks away last fall, Volumes BookCafe in Chicago announced that it will shutter in January.
Massachusetts Bookstore Emerges
Turtle Books opened in Brookline Village this past weekend.
New Bookshop Comes to Tennessee
Inklings Bookstore has opened its doors in Cleveland.
Spotlight on Kansas Indie
Rainy Day Books in Fairway is celebrating 50 years in business.
Missouri Bookstore Goes to the Movies
BookMarx in Springfield will be adding video rentals to its used book offerings next year.
- 2025 Nov 14
Idaho Gets Brave
Brave Seeker Books opened earlier this week in Rexburg.
Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist
S.A. Cosby and Angela Flournoy are among the 15 longlisted authors for this year’s Aspen Words Literary Prize, presented by the Aspen Institute.
Connecticut Mainstay to Shutter
Bloodroot, a feminist café and bookstore in Bridgeport, will close its doors after 50 years in business.
West Virginia’s Newest Bookstore
Volume Bookshop & Studio will hold its grand opening next week in downtown Buckhannon.
- 2025 Nov 13
Chicago’s Newest Black-Owned Bookstore
Honey and Hue will host its grand opening this weekend.
New Bookshop Comes to Missouri
The Story House Bookstore will open in Springfield ahead of the holidays.
New Connecticut Bookstore Thrives
The Blush Book Lounge has already attracted a crowd of customers throughout its first week open in Shelton.
Kentucky Feels the Love
Romance bookstore Poor Charlotte recently opened in Covington.
- 2025 Nov 12
From the New York Times
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks.
From Reuters
On the eve of retirement, publisher Barry Cunningham reflects on his career in children's books, and talks about his next chapter.
From NPR
Strega Nona is still reaching audiences at 50 years old.
From the Hollywood Reporter
Sabrina Carpenter to Star, Produce Musical Alice in Wonderland Movie for Universal.
From the Assoiciated Press
Holiday Gift Guide for Children's Books.



