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Culture & Media

How Spotify’s book strategy signals the return of intellectual culture

Audio streaming app Spotify is deepening its push into publishing with two updates designed to make reading more fluid across formats.

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Culture & Media

Future Forecast 2025: Pop Culture & Media

From immersive experiences to creator-driven content and innovative storytelling, pop culture and media innovators are reshaping how audiences engage with entertainment.

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Fragmenting Societies

Stat: UK curriculums lack literary diversity

There is an ongoing lack of diversity in English Literature curriculums across UK schools, finds a study by Penguin Books UK and race equality think tank, The Runnymede Trust.

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Colliding Technologies

Stat: Children's books are lacking diversity

Many young people feel under-represented in books as they don’t see characters or people who look like them in the texts they’re reading.

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Design

The Little Prince gets a gender-neutral translation

Publishing company Ethos Traductora has released a gender-neutral version of the classic children’s book.

Insta Novels by Mother New York for The New York Public Library
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Culture & Media

Young Bibliophiles

Despite the time they spend online young people still want traditional book formats. Brands and influencers are therefore using digital channels to inspire new offline reading habits.

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Culture & Media

The New York Public Library debuts Insta-story novels

In collaboration with creative agency Mother, The New York Public Library has launched celebrated novels in the form of Instagram stories.

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Culture & Media

Book chain

Australia – Editions at Play’s latest publication is a blockchain-based book that challenges conventional notions of ownership.

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Culture & Media

Sister act

California – Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a children’s book that trades princesses for female pioneers.