Clowns already feeling impact of Stephen King's "It"
Stephen King's record-breaking horror film "It" may already be a hit with audiences, but one group is not celebrating the success of the latest adaptation of Stephen King's novel: clowns. For a...
View ArticleEnglish teachers adapt reading lists in the age of Trump
Politico reports on how America's high school English teachers are adapting curriculum to the current political climate. After watching the tumult of the 2016 presidential election play out inside...
View ArticleCourt rules that theatrical parody of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" does...
After a nine month dispute, Manhattan's Federal District Court has ruled that Matthew Lombardo's theatrical parody, Who's Holiday!— a dark and decidedly adult sequel of sorts to Dr Seuss's How the...
View ArticleThe Handmaid's Tale and Big Little Lies get top honors at Emmy Awards
Two TV series based on books scooped the top honors at last night's Emmy Awards: The Handmaid's Tale won five awards including best drama series, best actress for Elisabeth Moss and best supporting...
View ArticleHillary Clinton's post-election reading list
James Hohmann, national political correspondent for The Washington Post and author of The Daily 202, lead's Monday's issue with a look at the many books Hillary Clinton turned to after her election...
View ArticleLibraries find new relevance and needed funds by partnering with office and...
In an op ed for the New York Times, Matt A.V. Chaban, policy director for the Center for an Urban Future, discusses how libraries in New York City, and potentially, in cities across the country, could...
View ArticleDavid Lagercrantz will write one final book in the Millennium series - to be...
David Lagercrantz, who continued Stieg Larsson's Milllennium series after the latter's death in 2004, has stated that he will write just one more book in the series, to be released in 2019. This would...
View ArticleBanned Books Week
Bookstores, libraries and other organizations across the USA are preparing for Banned Books Week 2017, which runs next week, September 24-30. Shelf Awareness takes a look at what some stores are...
View ArticleThe world's coolest bookstores
CNN reports on "the world's coolest bookstores from London to Los Angeles."
View ArticleAnnie Proulx to receive honorary National Book Award
Annie Proulx will receive the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the awards ceremony on November 15. Anne Hathaway (who starred in the film...
View ArticleMargaret Atwood to receive PEN Lifetime Achievement Award
The 2017 PEN Literary Awards will be presented at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on October 27, with the Lifetime Achievement Award going to Margaret Atwood. The honorees are: Fiction: Black Sheep Boy by...
View ArticleVolunteers rescue thousands of books from Mosul library destroyed by Islamic...
The volunteer effort to save what was left of Mosul University library after it was destroyed by IS has renewed hope for the city after more than two years of occupation. The library once contained...
View ArticleRon Charles argues that it would be better for American readers if The Booker...
Prompted by last week's announcement of the Booker Prize shortlist (Britain's most prestigious literary award), with half of the six nominees being American writers, Ron Charles expresses sadness that...
View ArticleMuch loved children's book, "The Snowy Day" to be captured in four stamps...
On Oct. 4, the United States Postal Service will issue four stamps, part of the "Forever" series, featuring Peter, the little boy from Ezra Jack Keats's "The Snowy Day." The book was published in 1962....
View ArticleIn original version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" a black Charlie...
Follow last week's revelation from Roald Dahl's widow that Dahl initially intended the hero of his 1964 classic, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to be black, Catherine Keyser, an associate professor...
View Article"The Hobbit," published 80 years ago this week, lives up to early reviewer...
On the 80th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit, Lithub look back on C. S Lewis' review of his old friend J. R. R. Tolkien's first novel: "...For it must be understood that this is a...
View ArticleNational Book Foundation announces 5 under 35 honorees
The National Book Foundation ha announced its 2017 5 Under 35 honorees, a selection of debut fiction writers under the age of 35 whose work promises to leave a lasting impression on the literary...
View ArticleNew research suggests that splitting an infinitive should no longer be...
Splitting an infinitive and starting a sentence with "so" or "like" are all habits that any self-respecting grammar pedant would abhor. But a new study has found that conventions which prohibit such...
View ArticleKit Reed (1932-2017)
Kit Reed, "a prolific author with an astonishing range who published work consistently for almost 60 years, writing outstanding novels and stories in various genres for children, teens and adults,"...
View ArticleLibrarian rejects Melania Trump's book donation
A school librarian has declared that she would not like a selection of Dr Seuss classics here, there or anywhere, after refusing books donated by Melania Trump. Trump had sent a collection of 10 Seuss...
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