On April 21, four senior managers at Russia’s largest publishing group, Eksmo, were detained and questioned in connection to an “extremism” case involving the “distribution of LGBT literature.”

A new anthology titled "Medieval German Tales", translated and edited by Sebastian Coxon, Professor of Medieval German Literature at University College London, has been released to provide a vivid glimpse into the storytelling traditions of the 13th and 14th centuries.

Afghan universities have been ordered to remove books authored by women from their curriculum, in the latest move by the Taliban to tighten control over education. The ban also prohibits the teaching of subjects related to human rights, sexual harassment, and women's studies.

Amazon (AMZN) has cut jobs in its books division, including at its Goodreads review site and Kindle units, the company said on Thursday.

Books focusing on race and LGBTQ+ subjects were the majority of those attacked by book bans across the US in the past year.