Study finds huge improvement in diversity in children's books

Posted on 03/22/2019 at 04:15 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A new study found a significant increase in the number of U.S. children’s books that include diverse characters. T...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Diversity, The Guardian

Look inside the literary burn book

Posted on 03/22/2019 at 12:15 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Back in the 1920s, an anonymous person — we’ll call him or her a genius, really — circulated a thirty-...

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Tagged As: Memorabilia

New York Times bestsellers: Week of March 31, 2019

Posted on 03/22/2019 at 09:14 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week of March 31, 20...

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Romance anthology supports Ronald McDonald House Charities

Posted on 03/22/2019 at 07:37 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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In today’s bargain-book newsletter, many of you will find Building Love, a charity anthology that supports Ronald...

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Tagged As: Romance, Charity

We see Fussy authors in the 2019 RITA finalist list!

Posted on 03/21/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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We’re thrilled for all of the writers who were revealed as finalists for the Romance Writers of America's RITA...

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Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Romance, Romance Writers of America

New Zealand bookstores pull certain titles after mosque attack

Posted on 03/21/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A New Zealand bookstore chain is no longer carrying books by Jordan Peterson, because of the attack on a Christchurch mo...

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Tagged As: Bookstore, The Digital Reader

Enhance your English with OED's Words Where You Are entries

Posted on 03/21/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Last year, the Oxford English Dictionary requested submissions of regional slang and dialect in its Words Where You Are...

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Tagged As: Language, The Guardian

Amazon adds a front light to its newest Kindle

Posted on 03/20/2019 at 04:04 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon announced details about its newest Kindle today. The main difference in the 2019 model, which costs $89.99, is th...

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Egyptian military prosecutors sue novelist Alaa al-Aswany

Posted on 03/20/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The latest move in Egypt’s campaign against bestselling author Alaa al-Aswany is a lawsuit against him. Military p...

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Novelist Rachel Ingalls has passed away

Posted on 03/20/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Rachel Ingalls found some fleeting recognition in the 1980s, when her novel Mrs. Caliban landed on a list of best...

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