British Book Awards wants help picking the 30 from 30 winner

Posted on 02/21/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The British Book Awards, as we reported last week, are celebrating thirty years of existence by celebrating thirty books …...

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Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Just for fun, The Bookseller

When tech and books collide

Posted on 02/21/2020 at 01:47 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Don’t worry if you’re firmly anti-technology — half of this post is how tech is powering books, instead of the...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Podcast, Pop culture, Technology

Amelia Earhart: Pilot and poet

Posted on 02/21/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We know Amelia Earhart as an aviation pioneer and the heroine of a tragic mystery. But we should also know...

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Booker winners’ new releases: Another “Emma” movie and a novel

Posted on 02/21/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Jane Austen is, yet again, in the theaters, with a new adaptation of Emma hitting screens today. This version stars...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Movie adaptation

New York Times bestsellers: Week of February 29, 2020

Posted on 02/21/2020 at 07:48 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week of February 29,...

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Read an excerpt from Erik Larson's "The Splendid and the Vile"

Posted on 02/20/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Based on our pre-Halloween reader poll on Facebook, we know many of you have started (though perhaps not finished) Erik...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, History, Nonfiction, NPR

Here are the 2019 Nebula Award finalists

Posted on 02/20/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The finalists for the 2019 Nebula Awards have been revealed. The winners will be announced May 30, during the Science...

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Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Fantasy, Science fiction

Dan Brown will release an album along with his picture book

Posted on 02/20/2020 at 10:49 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Dan Brown, famous for The Da Vinci Code, is branching out in multiple ways this fall. His first picture...

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Tagged As: Children's literature

Here's the 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize shortlist

Posted on 02/20/2020 at 07:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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In case you missed it, NPR revealed the shortlist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize yesterday These five books focusing...

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LeBron James will publish a picture book in August

Posted on 02/19/2020 at 02:45 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Need to buy a book for a sporty youngster this August? I Promise should be a slam dunk. That’s because...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Pop culture