- Shortlists announced for the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction (Women’s Prize for Fiction) and the 2016 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. (Dublin Literary Award)
- Doctors will prescribe books for mental health issues as part of new U.K. campaign. (The Guardian)
- American Library Association lists The Bible as one of its most challenged books. (The Guardian)
- Paperback Paradise twitter account gives retro kids books more fitting titles. (Shortlist)
- One final title by Salmon Fishing in Yemen novelist Paul Torday, co-written by his son, to be published posthumously. (The Telegraph)
- BBC to erect George Orwell statue. (The Independent)
- Happy 100th birthday, Beverly Cleary! (CBC Books)
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