From 2 to 4 October, the Library of Illustrated Books in Saint Petersburg hosted the fourth edition of the Forum of Collectors of Artist's Books and Engravings, where artists, publishers, and collectors presented creations that break away from traditional pages and bindings. The event featured works such as "book-shovels," "accordion books," and pieces on handkerchiefs or boxing gloves. The Library of Illustrated Books defines the kniga khudozhnika, or artist's book, as a plastic work designed in the form of a book, which can be entirely handmade or exist in a single copy. Sixteen artists and graphic designers from different Russian cities participated, including Mikhail Pogarski, who installs sonnet crowns on various supports. A collective piece, Sadok sudei III, gathers more than 40 poets and artists in a tribute to Russian avant-gardes. Texts of Konstantin Kedrov, Serguei Birioukov, Vladimir Martynov, and Vladimir Aristov are accompanied by works of Leonid Tichkov, Vladimir Nasedkine, and Igor Ioganson. The project was launched in 2025 for the 140th anniversary of the birth of Velimir Khlebnikov and was presented in Moscow before being shown in Saint Petersburg. In Brasília, about 6000 books have left the Biblioteca Nacional de Brasília and have never returned. Some have been missing since July 2013. The library has opted for humor and a temporary amnesty, allowing books to be returned without penalty for a month. In Wales, a book borrowed in 1910 by Walter Griffith Owen was returned 116 years later by his grandson Peter O'Sullivan, in a condition that surprised librarians. In France, the Frazar Memorial Library of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, opened part of its special collections under the title "Rare Book Petting Zoo," allowing the public to approach first editions and other bibliographic curiosities. In Russia, the Ministry of Digital Development suggests that municipal libraries could have to remove 50 to 70% of their collections from general access if a recent practice of control were generalized, due to books published with the support of organizations that have since become "undesirable." In Nancy, sixteen temporary staff members of the Manufacture Media Library stopped working to demand the conversion of their temporary positions into fixed-term contracts. They have been using headlamps due to poorly lit bookstores. The Central Correspondence Lending Library, which sent books to railway workers and their families throughout France, is facing disruption due to the gradual disappearance of the SNCF's internal mail. Launched in 2014 by Hachette Livre and the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), the Hachette-BnF collection now includes funds from six major French heritage libraries, allowing thousands of rare or out-of-print works to be ordered in bookstores and printed on demand.