A crowdfunder to save London’s New Beacon Books has raised more than £5,000 within hours of launching. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-30 15:27:20 UTC ]
Science writer Robin George Andrews sets out to rehabilitate their destructive image. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-30 13:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Eric Dyson explains the intersection of race, entertainment and survival. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-30 13:00:00 UTC ]
What if extremism is an essential part of the Republican Party, asks John S. Huntington. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-30 13:00:00 UTC ]
The singer practiced a quietly radical “politics of empathy,” writes Michael Stewart Foley. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-30 13:00:00 UTC ]
2021 saw the release of many excellent series and next year looks to be no different. Keep an eye out for these new 2022 manga! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-12-30 11:33:00 UTC ]
A reader contemplates how to choose the last book to read before you die and reflects on the life and death of her book-loving grandmother. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-12-30 11:32:00 UTC ]
Free Little Libraries are delightful to find but some creators take them to a new level. Here are eight unique free little libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-12-30 11:31:00 UTC ]
Now that you've read "Klara and the Sun" and "One Last Stop," it's time to look ahead. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-30 11:00:43 UTC ]
How book-loving communities on social media are helping authors break barriers to become bestsellersTalia Hibbert was rewatching a Spider-Man film and eating a meal in her living room when she received life-changing news. Her romance novel Act Your Age, Eve Brown, which she wrote at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-12-30 08:00:44 UTC ]
Print book sales finished the last week before Christmas with a rush as sales increased 15.4% over the comparable week in 2020 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. The gain put an end to a two-week streak of declining sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-30 05:00:00 UTC ]
Telling your story in a book is hard enough. But what if it ends up on screen? Adam Kay, writer of This Is Going to Hurt, and Dolly Alderton, who penned Everything I Know About Love, relive the shocksMore cultural highlights of 2022Most people find seeing themselves on screen distinctly... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-12-29 14:00:23 UTC ]
If you want to expand your picture book horizons past the classics, pick up one of these hidden gems of the format! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-12-29 11:34:00 UTC ]
Who is Elena Ferrante? One of the most widely-acclaimed and beloved contemporary novelists is also the most unknown. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-12-29 11:33:00 UTC ]
Authors including Lee Child and John Grisham have been awarded $7.8m (£5.8m) in damages, after teaming up with Amazon and Penguin Random House to sue a number of pirate e-book sites at work in Ukraine. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-29 09:54:39 UTC ]
Keri Hulme, the first New Zealander to win the Booker Prize, has died aged 74 after battling ongoing health conditions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-29 05:10:58 UTC ]
A federal judge has issued a default judgment against a major overseas e-book piracy operation known as the KISS Library. In addition to a permanent injunction barring the service from operating, the court also awarded the plaintiffs the maximum amount of damages under the law, totaling some... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
The power Ms. Hulme drew from her Maori heritage shone through in her work, especially in “The Bone People,” which won the literary prize in 1985. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-12-29 04:47:34 UTC ]
The UK's first Black specialist bookshop is to shut its doors and move entirely online, as financial constraints jeopardise its future. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-28 16:05:54 UTC ]
There were too many worthy books, but I had too little time — and, alas, too many excuses. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-28 13:00:00 UTC ]