Posted on September 5, 2024 at 8:02 AM 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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The longlist for the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction has been revealed, and it includes Knife, Salman Rushdie’s memoir about surviving being stabbed; a shortlist comes out October 10, and the winner announcement is November 19 (The Guardian).
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One of the Baillie Gifford-longlisted books is also on the shortlist for the 2024 Cundill History Prize; the winner, who receives $75,000, will be revealed October 30 (Literary Hub).
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The Internet Archive has lost its appeal to lend scanned ebooks without the permission of the books' publishers; a post on its website says it's "reviewing the court’s opinion and will continue to defend the rights of libraries to own, lend, and preserve books" (The Verge).
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Check out the cover of Sky Daddy by Kate Folk (Electric Literature).
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Marc Sobel has dug up a basically forgotten short story both written and illustrated by Alan Moore (The Comics Journal).
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