Posted on August 27, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
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George R.R. Martin recently promised that there will be a big announcement when The Winds of Winter is done, but that he can't say where and when said announcement will take place (Esquire).
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Amanda Gorman is back in the news, first for reciting a new poem (“This Sacred Scene”) at the Democratic National Convention and then for announcing the January 7 release of a picture book, Girls On the Rise, based on her poem "We Rise."
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And on a completely different note, an Italian burglar was distracted by a book on the homeowner's bedside table; the victim awoke to find the burglar reading The Gods at Six O'Clock by Giovanni Nucci and was able to thwart the crime (BBC).
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