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Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of January 17, 2024.

Kelly Jensen is an author, editor, and writer for Book Riot and Stacked. She spoke with ABFE about her reporting on book bans in 2023 and what she predicts for 2024.

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of January 10, 2024.

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of December 20, 2023.

K. Kerimian founded the Nonbinarian Book Bike last year with a simple mission: give people queer books. In the time since, they raised money for the bike, created an inventory, and started doing exactly what they set out to do. Here is Kay on the genesis of the book bike and its mission.

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of December 13, 2023.

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of December 6, 2023.

Loyalty Bookstore co-owners, Hannah Oliver Depp (she/they) and Christine Bollow (she/her), tell us about Loyalty’s origin, motivation, and plans for the future!

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of November 29, 2023.

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of November 21, 2023.

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of November 15, 2023.

Tanvi Rastogi, former librarian and current bookseller at Dog-Eared Books of Ames, Iowa, is the founder of the Good Books Young Troublemakers book club. ABFE spoke with Tanvi about the book club, its origins, and its mission. 

For Veterans Day this year, we interviewed one of our many veteran-owned bookstores! Shonesha Evans founded Books & Black Coffee Co. after more than six years of service. Originally an online store, Evans will be opening a physical location in Savannah, Georgia, in 2024.