American Library Association Booklist Today

In other news, the case of J. K. Rowling and the Adoring Librarian has been adjudicated, and it appears that the plucky young author, Ms. Rowling, has escaped with her intellectual property intact. Reported, appropriately enough, in the Financial Times (”Harry Potter author wins case,” by Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles). Saying she “took no pleasure” in the lawsuit, she then retreated to her castle, where she peered into her crystal ball, seeking out other would-be authors in their bedroom and basement offices. The authors will be defended by a plucky band of hobbits, dwarves, and sentient woodland creatures–emake that The Right to Write Fund (”Right to Write Fund to Back Creative Artists,” by Jim Milliot, Publishers Weekly).