Based on books written by Herbert’s son, the series strays in a few details from the writer’s vision of the Dune World. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2024-11-25 14:06:41 UTC ]
Hackish campaign memoirs shouldn’t indict the entire genre—there are truly excellent books written about power from the inside. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2024-10-23 14:47:00 UTC ]
Today, the Booker Prizes announced their 2024 shortlist: six books narrowed down from the “Booker’s Dozen” (otherwise known as the longlist of 13), chosen from a starting pool of 156 books written in English and published between October 2023 and September 2024. Shortlisters are awarded £2,500... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-09-16 18:18:32 UTC ]
Over 500 industry professionals sign open letter to bookseller after employee’s post about ‘tearing up books’ by Christina DalcherMore than 500 authors and book industry professionals have signed an open letter calling on Waterstones to reverse a decision to dismiss an employee who said she... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-07-11 10:31:48 UTC ]
In the past few years, books written by and about queer characters have become more visible to the general reading public. Gradually, straight, cisgender readers are discovering the pleasure of reading books by authors whose identities are different from their own. This is true in the mystery... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-06-05 11:00:00 UTC ]
For Poetry Month, get into these memoirs, poetry collections, and nonfiction books written by poets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-04-10 17:00:00 UTC ]
This week's National Book Critics Circle awards include the best books written in English in the categories of poetry, criticism, autobiography, biography, fiction, and nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-03-22 13:44:10 UTC ]
It's getting hard to keep up with copyright lawsuits against generative AI, with a new proposed class action hitting the courts last week. This time, authors are suing NVIDIA over its AI platform NeMo, a language model that allows businesses to create and train their own chatbots, Ars Technica... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-03-12 08:34:07 UTC ]
When I began writing my unborn son a letter in 2018, a book was the furthest thing from my mind. I wasn’t trying to unpack the countless ways in which the words “all men are created equal” have failed us in this country. Instead, I was thinking that I would write a letter, something that […] The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-03-05 12:00:00 UTC ]
On January 25, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance hosted a streaming award ceremony honoring “the most distinguished books written and illustrated by creators who have made California their home.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
How many stories does it take to get to know a place? Lifelong residents may write confidently of their homeland, but among the travelogs and novels and poems and memoirs that give shape to a city, I’m partial to books written from the perspective of those still calibrating their relationship... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-01-10 12:00:00 UTC ]
Greta Livraria in Lisbon and Rare Birds in Edinburgh are among the new stores dedicated to women’s writingWith its neatly arranged tables and shelves laden with books written by women, Greta Livraria’s small space masks its big ambitions. Since opening earlier this year, the bookstore in Lisbon... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-12-28 05:00:25 UTC ]
With El Niño slated to drop a warm, wet winter on most of the US in the coming months, everybody’s going to need something good to read while the weather outside is frightful. Engadget’s well-read staff have some suggestions: our favorite books of 2023! We’ve got a phenomenal assortment of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-12-25 16:30:28 UTC ]
A CBC News investigation has found at least 2,500 copyrighted books written by more than 1,200 Canadian and Québécois authors were shared online as part of a massive — and now defunct — dataset used to train artificial intelligence. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2023-12-07 09:00:49 UTC ]
Amazon has taken some steps to stem the tide of books written with artificial intelligence, but another solution may already exist. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2023-09-28 11:00:00 UTC ]
A recent New York Times article put a spotlight on the book deals made by sitting justices on the U.S. Supreme Court. But how have books written by Supreme Court justices sold? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
One of the most common concerns I heard from teachers when I interviewed hundreds of educators for my book, The Teachers: A Year Inside America’s Most Vulnerable, Important Profession, was the negative portrayals of their profession by politicians, certain groups of parents, and on social media.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-04-12 08:52:04 UTC ]
Want to read more dark and twisty stories with academic settings? Dive into 8 brilliant dark academia books written by authors of color! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-01-12 11:32:00 UTC ]
This year's books submitted for the German Nonfiction Prize include books written in German from the United Kingdom and Liechtenstein. The post German Nonfiction Prize: 206 Titles Entered in the 2023 Competition appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-01-11 01:51:25 UTC ]
Poets are expert wordsmiths, so it's no surprise these prose books by poets are meticulously crafted, making for unforgettable reads. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-12-08 11:33:00 UTC ]