A look at secretive libraries and hidden repositories of books around the world, and how people came to discover them. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-02-21 11:30:00 UTC ]
As he releases the latest fruits of his new megabucks deal with Netflix – an interactive cartoon about a cat – the Black Mirror creator discusses gaming, nuclear war, and why his generation has wrecked the UKCharlie Brooker is sitting at a desk, a big cardboard box in the background, miscellany... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-02-21 06:00:24 UTC ]
Phoenix Publishing and Media Group offers contemporary voices in its newly launched Jiangsu Literature Translated series. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
Literary novelists are struggling with whether, and how, to incorporate Covid into their fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-02-20 22:17:31 UTC ]
Listen to an audiobook or bookish podcast while piecing these together to celebrate your book love and block out the stresses of the world.- Danika Ellis Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-02-20 11:35:00 UTC ]
With help from machine learning software, computer scientists may have unmasked the identity of Q, the founder of the QAnon movement. In a sprawling report published on Saturday, The New York Times shared the findings of two independent teams of forensic linguists who claim they’ve identified... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-02-19 20:56:18 UTC ]
From domestication and selective breeding to synthetic insulin and CRISPR, humanity has long sought understand, master and exploit the genetic coding of the natural world. In The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology authors Amy Webb, professor of strategic... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-02-19 16:30:24 UTC ]
Salesforce employees aren't happy with the company's plans to enter the non-fungible token (NFT) market. According to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, over 400 employees around the world have signed an open letter raising concerns about the environmental impact of NFTs, as well as their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-02-19 15:39:13 UTC ]
Author of Chocolat says she does not use words ‘accidentally’The bestselling author Joanne Harris has turned down a US book deal after the publishers demanded she take out an “f-bomb” from the novel.The Chocolat author, who lives near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, tweeted on Saturday: “Today I... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-02-19 14:04:53 UTC ]
Game Of Thrones writer says opportunity to produce comics based on his superhero series Wild Cards is a ‘privilege’George RR Martin will team up with Marvel to produce a new series of comic books, it has been announced.The Game Of Thrones writer said working with the superhero franchise titan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-02-19 12:39:49 UTC ]
As a Black solider during WWII, Ashley Bryan drew in his sketchbook. He went on to illustrate dozens of children's book over his lifetime. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-02-19 11:32:00 UTC ]
Salesforce wants a piece of the NFT action and "hundreds" of its employees are reportedly not happy about it. More than 400 employees signed an open letter that's being passed around internally, according to Thomson Reuters Foundation News, and is addressed to Salesforce's co-CEOs Marc Benioff... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2022-02-18 22:58:45 UTC ]
Shares of a copy of Batman No. 1 will be sold by an online collectibles company in mid-March. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-02-18 19:18:25 UTC ]
Now here’s a celebrity memoir to get excited about. Elliot Page, the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated star of Juno, Inception, and The Umbrella Academy, is currently working on his first memoir, which is due to be published by Flatiron in 2023. According to the publisher’s announcement, the memoir... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-02-18 17:08:00 UTC ]
The founder of Audible Inc., a leading force in the booming audiobook industry, will be honored in May at PEN America’s annual gala Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2022-02-18 15:03:22 UTC ]
The Center for Norwegian Literature Abroad, NORLA, is leading the guest-of-honor program at the Book Fair in Warsaw in May. The post Norway: Guest of Honor in May at the Book Fair of Warsaw appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-02-18 14:34:07 UTC ]
During his time at Princeton, the writer was one of the most impactful "militant humanists" working against the Nazis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-02-18 13:00:42 UTC ]
Nearly 50 years after the break-in, Garrett M. Graff focuses on the scandal's flawed characters — and makes some corrections. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-02-18 13:00:40 UTC ]
In his memoir, Dwight Chapin still looks sympathetically on his mentor and his years in the White House. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-02-18 13:00:38 UTC ]
Randall Kennedy makes the case for using it, sometimes, in the 20th-anniversary edition of his book. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-02-18 13:00:32 UTC ]