Emma Watson is hiding 100 copies of The Handmaid’s Tale in Paris as part of her “book fairy” duties. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kerri Maher’s novel “The Paris Bookseller” celebrates the life of American Sylvia Beach, a bookstore owner who saw promise in James Joyce’s “Ulysses.” Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2022-01-11 20:01:10 UTC ]
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If you love Jane Smiley, this episode is for you. Eve and Julie are joined by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author in an interview that was recorded live for Miami Book Fair 2021. They discuss Jane’s most recent book, Perestroika in Paris, as well as Jane’s writing process, beloved pets, and what... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-12-23 09:51:41 UTC ]
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The classic adventure story mirrors the holiday season — weeks of madcap action and inner turmoil that usher in a morning of gladness and goodwill. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-22 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Historian Giles Milton's "exhilarating" wartime story Vodka with Stalin: The Allied Mission to Wartime Moscow has gone to John Murray. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-17 06:27:45 UTC ]
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You can’t beat Holmes for the holidays. Also, Victorian Christmas ghost stories for those cozy nights by the fire. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-15 13:00:00 UTC ]
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If you're still on the hunt for good tech gifts to give this year, you still have time to grab some that will arrive before the holidays. Apple's second-generation AirPods are on sale again for $100, while the Fitbit Charge 5 fitness tracker is back down to $130. Both Amazon's Kindle and a few... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2021-12-10 16:45:43 UTC ]
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A recent roundup of the ‘best books of 2021’ had every possible genre of novel – with the unsurprising exception of romanceIn the four months since my first novel came out, I’ve had the same conversation probably a dozen times.“What’s it about?” a well-meaning stranger will ask. “Well,” I’ll... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-12-05 15:25:24 UTC ]
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Unbound is reprinting 70,000 copies of Cain's Jawbone, as the literary mystery by Edward Powys Mathers continues to prove a TikTok sensation and bookshops experience high demand from customers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-03 14:34:58 UTC ]
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With its elegant mix of science fiction and metaphysical mystery, Le Tellier’s thriller rests somewhere between “Lost” and “Manifest.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-30 17:01:16 UTC ]
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Lit Lists 2021 was a robust year for literary translations. This list kept growing, and we didn’t resist. As always, though, we recognize there are, thankfully, many more and hope you’ll add them in the comments, along with those you’re eagerly... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2021-11-29 19:56:31 UTC ]
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This December, Gagosian is launching Picture Books, a new imprint imagined by Emma Cline. In this series, artists will be “given carte blanche” to respond visually to an author’s work, and both final pieces will be published together (with the art accompanying the book as a poster) in limited... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-11-18 17:47:29 UTC ]
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Out this week, 'The Deeper the Roots' is an intimate, personal story of defying odds, helping others do the same and making history along the way. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-11-16 14:36:39 UTC ]
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His novels — filled with bloodshed and bodice ripping — sold more than 140 million copies. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-16 01:36:30 UTC ]
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Follett’s ‘Never’ is a credibly detailed and alarmingly plausible story about a world hurtling toward nuclear war. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-09 11:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Story,' which condenses the Bible into 21 chapters, has surpassed five million copies sold across all formats, 16 years after it was initially released by Zondervan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
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To hear Weng Pixin tell it, Let’s Not Talk Anymore started out as a kind of “fuck you” move after a particularly bad fight with her mom but—as these things tend to go—it gradually transformed into a project to locate herself within the moth-eaten story of her matrilineal line. Moving back and... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-11-04 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Filled with sharp descriptive details of New York City, the focus here is on homes, church, school, and the lives of women and children. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-03 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has withdrawn a cookbook by Elizabeth Haigh from circulation, following claims from fellow author Sharon Wee that content had been "copied or paraphrased" from her book without consent. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-11 07:10:16 UTC ]
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Debut authors Natasha Brown and Rebecca Watson are among the writers shortlisted for this year's £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize, recognising the best in experimental fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-06 21:50:51 UTC ]
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Ballot mailing for the ALA election will begin the second Monday in March on March 14, 2022 and will run through the first Wednesday in April on April 6, 2022. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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