Publishers change tune on journalist's novel about a pandemic

Posted on 04/08/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No one, including this author, would have wished a worldwide epidemic on the world for any reason. But Peter May,...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Thriller

Read an excerpt from "Afterlife"

Posted on 04/08/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Julia Alvarez’s first novel in fifteen years, Afterlife, was released yesterday. The novel tells the story of Antonia, who retires...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, Literary Hub

You’re cordially invited to online readings

Posted on 04/08/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Let’s hear it one more time for the wonderful artists who are regrouping and rallying to bring us in-home entertainment...

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Tagged As: Charity, coronavirus / COVID-19, Poetry, The New York Times

Prison where Oscar Wilde did time won't become an arts center

Posted on 04/08/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Plans to convert the prison where Oscar Wilde served time into an arts center have been scrapped. The Ministry of...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, The Guardian

It's official: Agatha Christie is the top novelist of all time

Posted on 04/08/2020 at 08:05 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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We admit it: We dropped the ball on celebrating an Agatha Christie milestone earlier this year. February marked one hundred...

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Tagged As: History, Literary Hub, Mystery, Women in literature

Why a cookbook and a crisis novel are the perfect books for this moment

Posted on 04/07/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s the best of times and the worst of times for some authors, in terms of the topics and themes...

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Tagged As: Author interview, coronavirus / COVID-19, Nonfiction, NPR, Women in literature

"Sea Monsters" wins the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Posted on 04/07/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Congratulations to author Chloe Aridjis, whose novel Sea Monsters has won the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Her reward for...

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French authors under fire for posting about their second homes

Posted on 04/07/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two acclaimed French authors have found themselves in eau chaud recently thanks to their posts about quarantine life. Leïla Slimani...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, The Guardian

Author Julia Alvarez on her first novel as "an elder"

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 02:58 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Julia Alvarez’s novel Afterlife, which releases tomorrow, is notable for a few reasons. One, it’s her first novel for adults...

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Tagged As: Author interview, NPR, Women in literature

Professor identifies main author of 1592 play co-written by Shakespeare

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A literary scholar believes he’s identified the anonymous author of the play Arden of Faversham, the first domestic tragedy in...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, The Guardian