One of our favorite months, plus, Annie took a field trip. Listen now!
This week's sources:
List of books by trans authors (from the Mary Sue): https://bookshop.org/lists/books-by-trans-authors-the-mary-sue
NaNoWriMo coming up! https://store.nanowrimo.org/pages/your-impact
This list is from 2020, but still good: Nonprofits supporting literacy: https://bookriot.com/literacy-charities/
Judge blocks PRH/S&S Merger: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/31/books/penguin-random-house-simon-schuster.html
Our previous coverage on the PRH/S&S merger:
Industry observers talking about the trial hearings: News: We Want S***** Batman
The trial hearings themselves: Midnight Releases and Publishing Drama | Episode 16 | The Ink Sink
We talked about the hearing being set in a rapid-fire news section: Episode 3: The Spine Collector
Federal open access mandate gets its teeth filed: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2022/10/13/thoughts-and-observations-on-the-ostp-responses-to-our-interview-questions/
We had celebrated the announcement when it was made public: News: We Want S***** Batman
The 12th GW Ethics in Publishing Conference: https://gwpress.manifoldapp.org/projects/12th-gw-ethics-in-publishing-conference
Nobel prize goes to Annie Ernaux: https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4333&share=true#m57844
See Harrow the Ninth and the art of the game Okami on our Bookshop list: https://bookshop.org/lists/what-we-re-reading-20648183-3934-47b4-aebd-e8457216d11f
