Jammu & Kashmir Book Crackdown: The J&K government has recalled and withdrawn school library titles accused of “glorifying separatist leaders” and “convicted terrorists,” suspending eight officials and launching a probe after backlash over books supplied under the Samagra Shiksha scheme. AI & Authorship Clash: Over 100 authors have sued Anthropic for $75M, alleging AI training copyright theft, as the debate over reading, writing, and machine learning keeps heating up. Author vs Adaptation: YA hit Children of Blood & Bone author Tomi Adeyemi says she won’t watch the film adaptation, calling the experience “painful” while fans react to casting and messaging. New Releases & Media Buzz: Lionsgate released a Hunger Games prequel BTS featurette on Haymitch ahead of Sunrise on the Reaping (Nov 20, 2026), while Prime Video’s Philip K. Dick adaptation coverage continues to spotlight how books translate to screen. Literary Culture & Events: Murakami says his novels are “completely different” from AI literature as a new book lands in Japan, and a Nepali poetry tour wrapped in Cambridge with plans to publish a collected volume.