Best of Bologna

The 63rd annual Bologna Children’s Book Fair, which kicks off on April 13, will feature programming on declining youth literacy, the rise of AI, and more, as well as expanded offerings for general trade publishing via its BolognaBookPlus arm. A new piece of legislation in the House of Representatives aims to uplift America’s underserved prison libraries by allocating $10 million to the system each year through 2031. And Jenny Han’s YA hit To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is getting a graphic novel adaptation, out with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers this May. In other news, limited series adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections is underway at Netflix, with Cord Jefferson set to direct and Meryl Streep attached to star, per Indiewire. Authors Ella Quittner and Tanya talked with Cultured about why cookbooks are the next frontier of creative nonfiction. The New York Times looks back on the life and legacy of Gertrude Chandler Warner, the author of the Boxcar Children series. Meanwhile, for the New York Times Magazine, Parul Sehgal holds up Ben Lerner’s Transcription as evidence of the enduring power of the novel. And Bloomberg’s Odd Lots podcast talks to Panagram Labs CEO Max Spero about his company’s AI writing detection software.