OnBuy.com, a U.K. marketplace similar to eBay or OfferUp, searched Instagram and determined that the book cover most often appearing on the social media site was Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' with 181,000 posts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
It was one of the publishing events of the millennium so far: the publication of Harper Lee’s second book in 2015, more than half a century after “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Actually, though it was set two decades after “Mockingbird,” “Go Set a Watchman” had been written before — it was the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-14 19:05:00 UTC ]
In a script-worthy twist, Oscar-winning writer Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” will receive its West Coast premiere at Azusa Pacific College, a private Christian college in Azusa. The news follows a rollercoaster week in which small theater companies around... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Police in suburban Philadelphia are on the hunt for a book thief with rarefied literary tastes. A burglar stole at least 20 books from a store in West Chester, Pa., including a rare edition of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Tuesday. No money was stolen... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harper Lee's 1960 classic was voted as America's best-loved novel by PBS viewers of 'The Great American Read,' which wrapped Tuesday evening. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
This eighth annual prize in legal storytelling, created with Harper Lee's authorization, goes to CE Tobisman for her novel about a potential elder abuse case, the second book in her series about attorney Caroline Auden. The post Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction to CE Tobisman for ‘Proof’;... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The estate of Harper Lee is reportedly suing the producers of a much-anticipated Broadway adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A court in Alabama unsealed the will of Harper Lee, and the result raises questions about the fate of the estate of the author of “To Kill A Mockingbird.” The New York Times sued to have the document made public. Generally a will would have been part of the public record. Lee's will had been... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jeff Daniels will play the inimitable lawyer Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s forthcoming Broadway adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” a spokesman for the production announced Thursday. The show, which will be directed by Tony Award-winner Bartlett Sher (“The King and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although not quite the sensation of previous Robert Langdon thrillers, The Da Vinci Code author’s latest mystery sold 100,000 copies in its first week Dan Brown’s mastery of something like a code for bestsellers has returned to cheer UK booksellers, with more than 100,000 copies of his latest... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
William Heinemann is publishing the first graphic novel adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic To Kill a Mockingbird, drawn and adapted by Fred Fordham. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Roald Dahl’s BFG and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird have topped the list of books parents said best helped children develop empathy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is the most popular reading group title in the UK, according to new research from The Reading Agency. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harper Lee's death last Friday has prompted a sharp upturn in sales of To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman for Amazon, Waterstones and Foyles. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
With Harper Lee's passing, the questions about her second book and her retreat from public life over the past half-century have only deepened the mystery about her. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harper Lee created a work that has endured for generations with her first novel 'Mockingbird,' which told the story of Scout Finch and her experiences as her father battles racism. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eighth-grader Daisy Vetter dropped to the floor and curled up in a ball when news of Harper Lee's death came over the intercom at Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood on Friday morning. Her friends asked what was wrong. They just didn't understand, Daisy said, why "To Kill a Mockingbird,"... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harper Lee created a work that has endured for generations with her first novel 'Mockingbird,' which told the story of Scout Finch and her experiences as her father battles racism. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harper Lee, who wrote one of America's most enduring literary classics, To Kill a Mockingbird, about a child's view of right and wrong and waited 55 years to publish a second book with the same characters from a very different point of view, died at the age of 89 on Friday (Saturday NZ Time). Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
US film and theatre producer Scott Rudin is to take Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird to Broadway, in a new adaptation by screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, after a change of heart by the author, who was previously reluctant to allow such a production. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]