If you’ve read only one book about the Spanish Civil War, chances are it’s either Ernest Hemingway’s novel For Whom the Bell Tolls or George Orwell’s memoir Homage to Catalonia. And if you’ve read only two, as to what they might be, I’d confidently push all my chips into the center of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-11-11 12:00:00 UTC ]
Since the launch of BookLife in 2014, we’ve witnessed phenomenal growth in the self-publishing world. Today, as evidenced by both BookLife reviews and submissions to the BookLife Prize, our biannual writing competition, the quality of self-published books is no longer in dispute. We are honored... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Suzanne Scanlon’s book, Committed: A Memoir of Finding Meaning in Madness, is a memoir unlike any I’ve read. Scanlon returns to the landscape of the past, reflecting on her experience of being committed in the New York State Psychiatric Hospital while a student at Barnard in the late 1990s.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-07-23 11:00:00 UTC ]
The evenhanded scientist is generous to Trump, but you can tell what he really thinks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2024-06-21 15:04:13 UTC ]
What's the most unique setting for a coming-of-age graphic novel that you've read? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-12 11:30:00 UTC ]
Do you like rip-roaring science fiction books? Do you like movies? Then you are in for a treat in, well, two years. Amazon MGM Studios just set a release date of March 20, 2026 for Project Hail Mary, according to Deadline. It’s based on the Andy Weir novel of the same name, which was one of our... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-04-19 17:44:40 UTC ]
In this post-Fleabag world, publishing has become obsessed with the inner turmoils of messy millennials – but isn’t it time they pulled themselves together? Meet the novelists subverting the clichesYou’ve probably come across this woman: she is unfulfilled in her career, has been abandoned by at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-08-08 15:19:43 UTC ]
Sue Bradley on her conversation with the late Marni Hodgkin about the ‘malicious quality’ to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant PeachRe the letters criticising Roald Dahl’s works (Roald Dahl’s mean and nasty books don’t deserve all this attention, 23 February), in an oral... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-03-01 17:24:42 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 ]
Laura Dave’s suspense novel is impossible to put down. But how satisfying is that conclusion? Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-08-12 13:00:00 UTC ]
Feature image from Akiko Miyakoshi’s I Dream a Journey * I knew things were going to get hard when the library closed. I am, by profession, a writer and a professor of storytelling. I’ve read to my twin children—now four—since their infancy. But as avid readers as we already were, 2020 upped our... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-12-21 09:49:02 UTC ]
We asked for your favorite short stories and got a long list! Here are 53 of the most outstanding short stories our readers have read. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-11-02 11:31:00 UTC ]
Speak to us, oh lovers of short fiction: what are the most outstanding short stories you've read? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-10-27 10:31:00 UTC ]
David Benioff and DB Weiss to adapt The Three-Body Problem and two sequels with Alexander WooGame of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and DB Weiss are to adapt a series of hit science fiction novels by Chinese author Liu Cixin for Netflix. Together with Alexander Woo, who has worked on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-09-01 14:29:32 UTC ]
Classical music | Priceless reading | Broadsheet Guardian | Vacancy at LBC | Gin and tonicI’ve read my four column inches relating to classical music in Friday’s G2 Film & Music section. I’ve got to be honest, after excellent editorials (The Guardian view on the return of live music: hope... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-06-14 17:26:19 UTC ]
“The Turn of the Key” pays scrupulous homage to James’s “The Turn of the Screw” and also slyly updates it. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-08-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
Poor working conditions for book editors are ingrained. It’s time for that to change – no matter how much we love our jobsBook editors love their jobs, perhaps more than the average worker. We work diligently with motivated and inspiring peers on projects we are proud of. You may not realise... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The all-seeing Amazon, Google, and Facebook have every incentive to help the national security state undermine privacy, free speech, and democracy. We’ve read this book before. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2019-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comic book Sabrina by Nick Drnaso is on the longlist for the prize, but it’s just the latest in a fine traditionHow am I supposed to feel about the fact that for the first time a graphic novel has made it on to the Booker longlist? As someone who loves comics, and who has championed them in this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
You’ve heard about it. You’ve read about it. You may have even Tweeted about it. But it looks as if Twitter’s non-chronological “algorithmic” timeline is almost here.According to a BuzzFeed report published Friday, the company plans to unveil its algorithmic timeline “as soon as next week.” An... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2016-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]