Sherman Alexie responds to harassment accusations
After a month of online charges that he has been abusive to many women, particularly Native American women, author Sherman Alexie issued a statement yesterday. It's a mix of admission and denial and,...
View ArticleTotal US book sales up 28% in Oct '17 compared to Oct '16, Year to date sales...
What a difference a year makes. In October, total net book sales in the U.S. rose 27.6%, to $1.164 billion, compared to the same period in 2016, representing sales of 1,204 publishers and distributed...
View ArticleAuthor Jennifer Egan is the new president of PEN America
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan is the new president of PEN America. Egan, who succeeds Andrew Solomon, has been a PEN America Trustee since 2013. She is the author most recently of...
View ArticleB&N to open five new concept stores
Later this year, Barnes & Noble will open five stores featuring a new, smaller-format design in which "front and center will be our new books," according to CEO Demos Parneros. The stores, which...
View ArticleFive Oscar wins for movies based on books
Although many movies based on books were nominated for Oscars this year, only three won with a total of five awards between them: Darkest Hour, based on the book Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought...
View ArticleSherman Alexie accusers co on the record with NPR
Three women have gone on the record with NPR's All Things Considered--and at least seven others have spoken off the record with the show--about author Sherman Alexie's abusive treatment of them,...
View Article15 remarkable books by women
New York Times critics chose 15 remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write fiction in the 21st century...
View ArticleReese Witherspoon & Kerry Washington to star in Little Fires Everywhere TV...
Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington will star in and executive produce the TV series Little Fires Everywhere, based on Celeste Ng's book.
View ArticleRomantic fiction in the age of Trump
The Guardian reports on the quandary facing romance authors--in the wake of #MeToo and Time's Up, how 'bad' should the bad boy be?
View ArticleThey NY Times publishes overdue obituaries of women they overlooked including...
Introducing what will be an ongoing project, The New York Times writes, "Since 1851, obituaries in the New York Times have been dominated by white men. Now we're adding the stories of 15 remarkable...
View ArticleSherman Alexie decides not to accept the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence
Accused by at least 10 women of sexual harassment, author Sherman Alexie has decided not to accept the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction that he won for You Don't Have to Say You Love...
View ArticleNetflix to stream the Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Netflix will begin streaming the movie adaptation of The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society in North America, Latin America, Italy, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia on April 20....
View ArticleNearly one-in-five Americans now listen to audiobooks
About three-quarters (74%) of Americans have read a book in the past 12 months in any format, a figure that has remained largely unchanged since 2012, according to a Pew Research Center survey...
View ArticleJoan Silber and Caroline Fraser among winners of 2017 National Book Critics...
The National Book Critics Circle announced the winners of its 2017 awards tonight: Poetry: Layli Long Soldier, Whereas (Graywolf) Criticism: Carina Chocano, You Play The Girl: On Playboy Bunnies,...
View ArticleWho should lead American Library Association?
The American Library Association is facing significant financial challenges. The Trump administration wants to gut federal support for libraries. And librarians are fighting over whether its next...
View ArticleJohn Oliver's children's book about Mike Pence's bunny sells out
John Oliver's parody book about Vice President Mike Pence's family pet has sold out. The "Last Week Tonight" host appeared on "Ellen" on Tuesday to talk about his new children's book, "Last Week...
View ArticleLawyer representing Harper Lee's estate sues screenwriter tasked with...
Harper Lee was a literary celebrity. Aaron Sorkin is a screenwriting superstar. And now the two - by proxy - are locked in a battle over who should shape the content in Mr. Sorkin's stage adaptation of...
View ArticlePhilip Kerr, author of the Bernie Gunther crime novels and many other works,...
Philip Kerr, 62, author of the Bernie Gunther crime novels and many other works of fiction for adults and children, died Friday of cancer. Putnam will publish his newest series novel, Greeks Bearing...
View ArticleTracy K. Smith Gets Second Term as U.S. Poet Laureate
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has appointed Tracy K. Smith to serve a second term as the nation's 22nd poet laureate. During her second year, Smith plans to expand her outreach efforts to rural...
View ArticleJacqueline Woodson wins $600,000 Astrid Lindgren prize
Jacqueline Woodson, author of 30 books including the National Book Prize winner Brown Girl Dreaming (a memoir of her childhood written in verse) has won The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world's...
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