Editor’s Note: Literary Community in a Time of Global Pandemic

We are at the beginning of a frightening and difficult time in America. Though we glimpse—in the overflowing hospitals of Milan, the shuttered plazas of Madrid—that which may come to pass, it is impossible to know just how hard hit the United States will be by the novel coronavirus. This nation has long prided itself […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kingsolver on shortlist for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2011: Going Global

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time called on enhanced ebooks at LBF digital conference

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2011-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2011-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The New York Times | 2011-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2011-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2011-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2011-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Slate | 2011-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2011-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Betanews | 2011-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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