Celebrity book club picks for March 2021

Posted on 03/02/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Celebrity book clubs have released their picks for March 2021. Reese Witherspoon selected Infinite Country by Patricia Engel. The novel...

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Pair your favorite Haruki Murakami novel with a shirt he designed

Posted on 03/02/2021 at 11:45 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It isn’t just actors and musicians who stretch out of the creative outlet that first made them famous — writers...

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Tagged As: Just for fun, Literary Hub

Meet the author who caused lovers to leave locks on bridges

Posted on 03/02/2021 at 10:27 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Italian author Federico Moccia didn’t invent the idea of leaving locks on bridges as a signal of love, but his...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Literature in translation, Romance, The New York Times, Young adult literature

6 Dr. Seuss books with "hurtful" imagery will no longer be published

Posted on 03/02/2021 at 08:05 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We apologize for the timing of this news, but remember, we’re just the messenger: six of Dr. Seuss’s sixty-plus books...

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Tagged As: Children's literature

Wanted: a new Dutch translator for Amanda Gorman

Posted on 03/01/2021 at 03:07 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

International Booker Prize winner Marieke Lucas Rijneveld won’t add translator to their resume (yet) after all. Rijneveld announced in a...

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Tagged As: Diversity, Literary Hub, Literature in translation, Poetry

Coin collection misquotes Lewis Carroll's characters

Posted on 03/01/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

More coins intended to honor a classic work of fiction have come up short in the accuracy department. The Guardian...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, The Guardian

Ta-Nehisi Coates is writing a Superman movie script

Posted on 03/01/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Ta-Nehisi Coates is a writer of many mediums: journalism, nonfiction, fiction, comics, and now screenplays. Deadline has confirmed that Coates,...

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Tagged As: Graphic novel, Pop culture

Amazon's First Reads for March 2021

Posted on 03/01/2021 at 08:16 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has released the choices for March 2021's First Reads. First Reads, which is free to join, provides early access...

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Literary Hub's favorite author on-screen appearances

Posted on 02/28/2021 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Tired of the endless screen adaptations of literature? Here’s a new twist on it that seems safer for readers who...

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Bookish birthdays for the week of February 28, 2021

Posted on 02/28/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of February 28, 2021. Ralph Ellison (March 1, 1914): Ellison’s...

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