by Tina | Mar 29, 2025 | Latest News, TRS Blog
Iowa Judge Strikes Down Controversial Book Ban Law—Again A Win for Free Expression in Schools In a powerful reaffirmation of the First Amendment, U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher has once again blocked Iowa’s Senate File 496, a contentious law that sought to ban...
by Tina | Mar 28, 2025 | Latest News, TRS Blog
L.J. Smith, Creator of The Vampire Diaries, Passes Away at 66 A Legacy of Love, Loss, and Supernatural Legends Lisa Jane Smith, known to millions of fans as L.J. Smith, the author who launched a generation’s love for supernatural romance, has died at age 66 according...
by Tina | Mar 24, 2025 | Latest News, TRS Blog
PEN America Literary Awards Face Renewed Backlash Amid Author Withdrawals For the second year in a row, the PEN America Literary Awards are under scrutiny as authors continue to distance themselves from the organization in protest over its stance on the Israel-Hamas...
by Tina | Mar 21, 2025 | Latest News, TRS Blog
Stolen Stories, Rising Voices: What Authors Must Know About Meta’s AI Book Scraping Scandal In a startling revelation shaking the literary world, Meta and other major AI companies are now under fire for scraping over 7.5 million pirated books—allegedly used to train...
by Tina | Mar 20, 2025 | Latest News, TRS Blog
Banned but Not Silenced: Careless People Becomes a Bestseller Despite Meta’s Legal Block Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams (Macmillan) has defied all odds, soaring onto bestseller charts despite its author being legally barred from promoting it. The memoir, which...
by Tina | Mar 19, 2025 | Latest News, TRS Blog
Unmasking Mystery Plotcraft Workshop by Autocrit It started with such promise – a bloody murder scene, a detective with just the right amount of baggage, and a lineup of suspects each hiding their own little skeletons. You were excited. This was the one. But then it...
