c-span book tv. and welcome to about books. now in a few minutes, we'll talk with a public school official from mason city, iowa, who found herself in the national spotlight this summerlaw about s in school libraries. but first, here's some of the latest news from the publishing industry. the 92nd street y cultural center in new york city recently canceled an event featuring pulitzer prize winning author viet tan wynn after he signed a letter critical of israel and the ongoing war in gaza. in a press statement, the center said that, quote, given the public comments by the invited author on israel and this moment we felt the responsible course of action was to postpone the event. now, the new york times reported that after the decision, several other writers scheduled to appear at the 92nd street y canceled their events in protest. the y subsequently announced that it was pausing its well-known literary series for the 2020 324 season. in other book news, the 2023 finalists for the condo history book prize in canada were recently announced. the annual award administered by mcgill university in montreal, recognizes the best in history writing and comes with a $75,000 prize. this y