Deep Brain Stimulation therapies have proven an invaluable treatment option for patients suffering from otherwise debilitating diseases like Parkinson's. However, it — and its sibling tech, brain computer interfaces — currently suffer a critical shortcoming: the electrodes that convert electron... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-03-04 15:30:03 UTC ]
A lost Atlantic puffin found itself in a bit of a bind after crashing down onto a busy New Brunswick street, far from where the seabirds are supposed to be found this time of year. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2023-03-04 11:00:00 UTC ]
A new video game set in the Harry Potter universe lays bare the mediocrity of Rowling’s world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2023-03-04 10:00:00 UTC ]
It often feels like the buzziest things to come out of CES every year are fascinating hardware, new applications of AI, and things that feel right out of science fiction movies. But, sometimes, the coolest things you find at CES are the most useful. Take, for instance, Deepstash... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2023-03-04 08:00:00 UTC ]
The annual PEN America Literary Awards this year have included three career-achievement awards and 11 book awards. The post PEN America Literary Award Winners: India’s Vinod Kumar Shukla Honored appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-03-03 17:25:38 UTC ]
Last night, the great pens of America convened at The Town Hall in NYC as Kal Penn presided over the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards. For those felled by late-winter viruses who desire to get a taste of proceedings, a recording is available here. Below are this year’s winners: PEN/Jean Stein... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-03-03 16:54:28 UTC ]
The portrait is stern, defiant, of bountiful hairline. Shot by Ramona Rosales for the cover of Prince Harry’s memoir Spare, it planted a flag in the golden Californian soil and hung a shark-tooth necklace around the decrepit institution it set out to eviscerate. Tiled in your local Barnes &... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-03-03 15:21:13 UTC ]
‘Wolf-Alice’ is a short story from The Bloody Chamber, the 1979 collection of modern fairy tales written by the British author Angela Carter (1940-92). The story tells of a girl raised by wolves who goes to live with a Duke who is a werewolf. You can read ‘Wolf-Alice’ here before […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2023-03-03 15:00:49 UTC ]
The science fiction writer imagined artificial intelligence—and what it might want—long before this uncanny reality ever became our own. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2023-03-03 12:19:04 UTC ]
Superheroes aren't limited to comic books. Read your way into these novels starring comic book heroes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-03-03 11:32:00 UTC ]
Tracey Rose Peyton is the guest. She is the author of the debut novel Night Wherever We Go, available from Ecco Books. Subscribe and download the episode, wherever you get your podcasts! From the episode: Brad Listi: This book really brought into focus for me the awful risks and costs of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-03-03 09:53:42 UTC ]
Our favorite books coming out this week include new titles from Theresa Runstedtler, Jenny Odell, and Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
YA novelist Laurie Devore sells her adult debut to Avon, Del Rey buys a new novel and two backlist titles from Karen Lord, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
'I Have Some Questions for You' by Rebecca Makkai debuts at #4 on our hardcover fiction list. Plus 'The Housemaid' author Freida McFadden returns to divulge 'The Housemaid's Secret,' and John Patrick Green spins off his InvestiGators middle grade series. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Myrna Keliher, founder of letterpress studio Expedition Press, unveiled a 40-foot-long, four-foot-tall plywood mural at Winter Institute with the phrase "i continue to continue." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Sourcebooks had another record year in 2022, making it not only the one of the fastest-growing publishers in the country last year but also the eighth-largest publisher based on BookScan data. Its founder attributes much its success to its use of data. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Print unit sales rose 0.6% in the week ended February 25, over the similar week last year, driven by a 12.2% gain in adult fiction sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Union members of comics publisher Image Comics voted overwhelmingly in favor of its first-ever contract. The staffers are members of Comic Book Workers United, a new affiliate of the Communications Workers of America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Among the headlines this week: a look at libraries some three years after the Covid-19 pandemic began; how the right wing culture war playing out in many communities has led to some librarians living in fear; the St. Paul Public Library's 'Read Brave' program enters its 10th year; and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers talk shop about how comics sales—and store management challenges—grew in 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-03 05:00:00 UTC ]