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Crime Author Ann Cleeves Loses Laptop Containing Draft of New Book

Award-winning crime novelist Ann Cleeves is appealing for help after losing a laptop in a Shetland blizzard. The laptop contained a draft of her next book. Cleeves says the computer might have fallen out of her bag as she made her way through Lerwick in Monday’s wintry conditions. By now, Cleeves speculates the laptop might be buried under a foot of snow; however, she is offering a reward for the return of the laptop. So far, Cleeves says she has been flooded with responses since she tweeted about the missing laptop. “People have been amazingly kind, I’ve been getting responses from all over Lerwick,” she said. “But luckily my latest book that I’ve been working on, I had sent it as an email attachment to myself just a couple of days ago so I’ve not lost too much.”

USA Today Pauses Best-Seller List, Lays Off Presiding Editor

USA Today‘s weekly bestseller book list is going on “hiatus for the remainder of the year.” This announcement follows the laying off of USA Today‘s presiding editor Mary Cadden as a part of budget-saving cuts on December 1st. Cadden, the editor who has compiled the bestseller book list since 2008, confirmed the news on Twitter. Cadden tweeted, “I am so proud of my work at USA TODAY, especially covering Books and the USA TODAY Best-Sellers list. I wish the best for my colleagues who are also leaving and those who remain.”

Patmos Library Closes Early Over Safety Concerns

Patmos Library closed early on Monday due to safety concerns. The library in Jamestown Township was recently defunded by voters over LGBTQ books on its shelves. On Facebook, Patmos Library made the announcement that they would be closing early over safety concerns, but they did not detail what those concerns were. Patmos Library had said that they would be running out of funding in September of 2024, and due to lack of funding, they were originally planning to close in 2024.

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