Another week, another round-up of updates and news items to keep you at the top of your library game. Today we have discussions of library funding, new book announcements (including a ton of celebrity memoir coverage), AI updates, and more.

Library News

• A small-town librarian in New Hampshire led her state’s libraries through unprecedented funding threats last year by advocating for key services, including interlibrary loan delivery, Talking Books, and access to Libby.
• Correctional Service Canada is finalizing plans to cut all prison librarian positions at federal institutions.
• Library Journal released its Budgets & Funding report for 2026.
• “A librarian’s worst nightmare”: How a librarian restored her school library after a burst pipe destroyed thousands of books.
• Barnes & Noble is adding to their library services in an attempt to capture more of the market left behind by Baker & Taylor.
• Related: Baker & Taylor makes a surprise Chapter 11 filing.

New & Upcoming Titles

• Bonnie Garmus is publishing a new novel this fall.
• Sarah J. Maas announced the next two books in the Court of Thorns & Roses series.
• Liane Moriarty is writing a sequel to Big Little Lies, called Big Little Truths, and yes, it’s being adapted as Season 3 of Big Little Lies on HBO.
• Idris Elba is teaming up with author/screenwriter Adam Hamdy to publish an espionage thriller series.
• Beth Revis is publishing her first adult romantasy novel, Dragon of the Deep.
• E. Lockhart has a new novel coming out.
• People has had a ton of recent celebrity memoir coverage, featuring interviews with Liza Minnelli, Tony Shalhoub, Kyle MacLachlan, Christina Applegate, Dax Shepard, Valerie Bertinelli, and Ani DiFranco. (Also, a content warning that several of these interviews discuss sexual abuse.)
• And in celebrity memoir news not covered by People, Jill Biden and Judi Dench both have books coming out, too.

AI Updates

• Hachette has cancelled the publication of the upcoming horror novel Shy Girl due to concerns over suspected AI use.
• Related: AI is writing fiction, and publishers are unprepared.
• Grammarly unveiled a new “expert review” feature that gives users writing advice “inspired by” subject matter experts, which is another way of saying they’re using AI versions of esteemed authors without permission. Naturally, people are pissed, and there’s already a lawsuit in progress.
• Related: “Vindicated at last in my years-long loathing of Grammarly.”
• AI fatigue and vocational awe in academic libraries.
• How AI use in scholarly publishing threatens research integrity, lessens trust, and invites misinformation.

Phew. Need something lighter? How about these rad merch stores hosted by Friends of the Library groups?