Absolution, the latest book in Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach series, begins with a mysterious alligator experiment that seems to have gone wrong. Read the first two chapters here. Continue reading at 'Wired'
[ Wired | 2024-10-22 15:30:12 UTC ]
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From despotic book club leaders to mind-numbingly boring reads, here are all the reasons every book club I've enjoyed has failed. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-07-06 10:32:00 UTC ]
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It’s that spooky frisson that makes you, for a split second, want to throw your book across the room. Or chuckle. Or flail, blindly, for the familiar barrier between storyworld and readerworld—you know, your world. There’s nothing as electric as an experimental flourish executed well, and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-07-06 08:52:45 UTC ]
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Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay allege that their books, which are copyrighted, were ‘used to train’ ChatGPT because the chatbot generated ‘very accurate summaries’ of the worksTwo authors have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, the company behind the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, claiming that... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-07-05 14:33:31 UTC ]
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Henry had always been a theatrically pious king and in his last years he turned to religion with melancholy intensity. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2023-07-04 12:22:50 UTC ]
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Six months. 179 books. Here's what we can't wait to read in the second half of 2023. The post Most Anticipated: The Great 2023B Book Preview appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2023-07-03 11:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins ‘sincerely apologises’ to doctor for claims about Sydney private hospital in ABC journalist Steve Cannane’s bookFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA long-running defamation case sparked... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-07-03 06:33:55 UTC ]
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Always rooting for the anti-heroine, Rita Chang-Eppig, author of 'Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea' (Bloomsbury), recommends 10 books with morally gray female protagonists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Beth Nguyen left Vietnam and her biological mother when she was a baby. Her memoir “Owner of a Lonely Heart” examines the ripple effect of those departures. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-07-01 09:03:10 UTC ]
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As ByteDance launches a publishing company, many in the book world wonder if it will create an uneven playing field by boosting its own authors at the expense of others. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-07-01 09:00:50 UTC ]
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Our favorite books coming out this week include new titles from Mark Billingham, Charlotte Mendelson, Carin Berger, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2023 American Library Association Annual Conference concluded on June 27, in Chicago, with the ALA reporting a solid bump in turnout over 2022. The library community rallied around the freedom to read with a clear stand against censorship. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tradd Street series author Karen White sells two standalone novels to Park Row, Berkley buys a New Orleans–set horror debut, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The deal reverses proposed cuts to libraries despite financial strains on the city Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2023-06-29 16:45:41 UTC ]
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Lamya H’s powerful memoir Hijab Butch Blues is an honest grappling with what it means to be queer, to be a devout hijabi Muslim person who resists gender normativity, to love faith and community. Seeking other queer women in Islam as a young person, H wonders if Maryam, whom no man has touched,... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2023-06-29 11:12:00 UTC ]
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USA Today’s weekly list of bestselling books returned Wednesday, ending a monthslong hiatus Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2023-06-28 14:02:03 UTC ]
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Books to steer people through doubt and trauma, a light look at theological battles over beards, and a historical novel of friendship tested by jealousy and the strains of World War I are among titles releasing in July. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Final industry estimates from the AAP show that sales of religious books fell 6% in 2022 from 2021, dropping to $1.27 billion last year from $1.35 billion in 2021. Digital audiobooks and hardcover sales fell 42% and 9.5%, respectively. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The best science fiction and fantasy book deals of the day, curated by Book Riot. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-06-26 13:58:21 UTC ]
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First adopted in 1953, the reaffirmation this week comes amid an unprecedented surge in book challenges and legislative attacks on the freedom to read. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Keynoting a resurgent ALA Annual Conference, the author talked about her experiences with books bans in the 1980s and thanked librarians for their ardent defense of banned books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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