Chris Bohjalian’s Novel The Lioness To Be Adapted For TV By eOne
Chris Bohjalian’s upcoming historical fiction thriller, The Lioness, will be adapted for television by eOne. The story follows a Hollywood starlet and her entourage as they embark on a luxurious African safari that turns deadly. And the book is set to publish on May 10th from Doubleday, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
Eggers offers replacements for South Dakota banned books
Best-selling author Dave Eggers is offering high school seniors in Rapid City, South Dakota free copies of his book The Circle after school administrators deemed it inappropriate for high school students and then listed the district’s copies as surplus and marked “to be destroyed.” Eggers says high school students can email his office and ask for The Circle, as well as four other books by different authors targeted by the district, and the books will be shipped to students by independent bookstores.
Meet Cute Bookshop Organizes Auction for Reproductive Justice
“We’re mad. So we are, as they say, doing a thing,” says Meet Cute Bookshop in La Mesa, CA. And that thing is organizing Romance for Reproductive Justice, an auction in support of the National Network of Abortion Funds’ Collective Power Fund. Bidding will open May 21-23.
WNDB Campaign to Send Care Packages to LGBTQIA+ Kids and How You Can Help
Nonprofit and grassroots organization, We Need Diverse Books, is raising money to “share love and affirmation” with LGBTQIA+ kids and teens by sending book care packages to counteract discriminatory book censorship efforts.