Posted on October 29, 2024 at 8:00 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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A sculpture of poet John Keats, based on a life cast taken of him when he was twenty-one, will be unveiled Thursday — the 229th anniversary of his birth — near his birthplace in London (The Guardian).
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Publishers Weekly released its top ten books of 2024 (PW).
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We also have winners of the 2024 National Translation Awards (Literary Hub).
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Paul Bailey, author of At the Jerusalem, Peter Smart’s Confessions, and Gabriel’s Lament, has died at the age of eighty-seven (The Guardian).
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American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis will become a movie again, with those involved describing it as a new adaptation of the book and not a remake of the 2000 adaptation (Bloody Disgusting).
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The Internet Archive has been hacked, putting the information of some 31 million users at risk (Wired).
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Sally Rooney, Arundhati Roy, and Rachel Kushner are among the 1,000-plus writers and publishing professionals who have signed a letter promising to boycott Israeli cultural institutions that, in the pledge's words, are either complicit in or have silently watched "the overwhelming oppression of Palestinians" (The Guardian).
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The cover of Sunrise on the Reaping — another Hunger Games prequel, this time telling of Haymitch Abernathy's experience in the arena — has been revealed; the latest Suzanne Collins work comes out March 18 (The Hollywood Reporter).
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On a much lighter note, you can also admire the cover of romance novelist Emily Henry’s next book, Great Big Beautiful Life; the April 22 release has two writers fighting for the same juicy scoop ... and maybe for each other (People).
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