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08 Jan

Q&A with Lily Braun-Arnold, Author of January/February Kids’ Indie Next List Top Pick “The Last Bookstore on Earth”

“An engaging YA novel about a young woman riding out a post-apocalyptic world in the bookstore where she worked pre-Storm. A nice mix of trials and tribulations with wry humor and a sweet budding sapphic romance. I was hooked from the first chapter,” said Jean Bartz of Books on Main in Friendship, Wisconsin.

 

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08 Jan

A Q&A with Grady Hendrix, Author of January Indie Next List Top Pick “Witchcraft for Wayward Girls”

“A beautifully haunting, thought-provoking story about societal views and motherhood that dabbles with witchcraft. There are moments where you laugh, feel scared, and even cry. That’s the beauty of this book: everything comes with a price,” said Caylee Wilson of Midtown Reader in Tallahassee, Florida.
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07 Jan

This Week in Book Challenges 1/8/2025

Book challenge tracking for December 11, 2024 through January 7, 2025.

 

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03 Jan

Arkansas Act 372 Permanently Enjoined in District Court

On December 23, 2024, the US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas declared Arkansas Act 372 unconstitutional in an opinion indicating that the law is overbroad and void for vagueness, permanently enjoining its enforcement. 

 

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01 Jan
Quarter One Checklist

A Top 10 2025 1st Quarter (Q1) Checklist

Congratulations! You made it through the retail holiday season. Take a deep breath…now on to the new year. Here’s a Top 10 1st Quarter (Q1) checklist of great ways to kick off the year.

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