Education & Early Reading: The Scottish Greens want £3.54m to fund unstaffed lending libraries in one in four primary schools, pairing 500 books per school with furniture, after Ayrshire Housing’s Dolly Parton Imagination Library partnership expands monthly book drops for under-fives. Royal Publishing Drama: Charles Spencer says Princess Diana is “on my side” during “tricky moments,” as his memoir Swan Song: Diana, My Sister keeps sparking legal and palace-related controversy. E-Reading Tech Glitch: Kobo’s 6.0 beta is reportedly breaking core functions on Libra Colour, Clara BW and Clara Colour—missing books, annotations and stats—while Kobo says data remains and a fix is coming (don’t reinstall older firmware). New Fiction & Publishing Formats: A new serialized memoir, Two Birds One Stone, will arrive in monthly mail volumes over a year. Indie/Community Book Events: Libraries and bookstores push launches and signings, including a Minnesota Historical Society Press release tied to Ojibwe storytelling at Grand Rapids’ First Friday. True Crime Spotlight: A roundup highlights top true crime books, feeding continued demand for real-case narratives.