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2 men plead guilty in massive theft from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Posted on 01/19/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The two men behind one of the largest library thefts in history pleaded guilty last week to the crimes. Greg...

Posted on 01/19/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of January 19, 2020: Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809):...

Tagged As: History, Just for fun

Posted on 01/18/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

2020 has been a great year for William Wordsworth fans, especially those likely to travel to his historical sites. His...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Literary tourism, Memorabilia, Poetry, The Guardian

Posted on 01/18/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our...

Categories: Favorites

Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Children's literature, Horror, Libraries, Obituary, Scandal

Posted on 01/17/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A short story (and its author’s shorter bio) turned out to be long on controversy. Clarkesworld Magazine, which publishes science...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Diversity, Science fiction

Posted on 01/17/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Speaking of those literary adaptations coming in 2020 — the trailer for Sally Rooney’s Normal People has been released. The...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Pop culture, The Bookseller, TV adaptation

Posted on 01/17/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Perhaps the only new part about the most recent Nobel Prize controversy is that it was public and not private....

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, History, Scandal, The Guardian

Posted on 01/17/2020 at 08:58 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week of January 25,...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, The New York Times

Posted on 01/16/2020 at 02:45 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

J.R.R. Tolkien’s son and literary executor, Christopher Tolkien, has died at the age of ninety-five. The Tolkien Society confirmed his...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Fantasy, Obituary

Posted on 01/16/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Ready to complain about why Hollywood needs to mess with books (or, alternately, why Hollywood needs to adapt a book...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Literary Hub, Movie adaptation, Pop culture, TV adaptation