Scholars: Hundreds of typos in Hemingway's works aren't his fault

Posted on 08/14/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s a copy editor’s nightmare (or one of them): adding an error, rather than fixing one, in a manuscript. And...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, The Guardian

What will readers actually learn from “Finding Freedom”?

Posted on 08/13/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family, the supposed insider look at the former...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Nonfiction, NPR, Pop culture, The Guardian

What it was like to finish film legend George A. Romero's novel

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

When novelist Daniel Kraus met legendary filmmaker George A. Romero years ago, he managed to play it cool. Little did...

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Tagged As: Horror, Pop culture, The Guardian

See Libby's top ten most checked out ebooks and audiobooks

Posted on 08/12/2020 at 09:53 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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We know many Fussy followers are happy users of Libby, the reading app from OverDrive that many library systems use...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Libraries, Reading

Check out photos from the set of Netflix's "Rebecca"

Posted on 08/11/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Did we know that Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca was becoming a film, or did we block it out of our...

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Tagged As: Literary Hub, Movie adaptation

Need dinner inspiration? These antiquarian cookbooks are for sale!

Posted on 08/11/2020 at 08:39 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

With a massive storm and subsequent power outage hitting Iowa yesterday, we found ourselves resorting to some older-fashioned cooking methods....

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Tagged As: History, Nonfiction, The Guardian

Book explores the bond that readers felt with Simone de Beavoir

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

Every bookworm has, at some point, felt like a particular book or its author was a personal friend. Fans of...

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Tagged As: The Guardian, Women in literature

Pulitzer-winning author Shirley Ann Grau has died

Posted on 08/10/2020 at 02:48 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Shirley Ann Grau, a Southern writer whose work drew the ire of the Ku Klux Klan, has died at age...

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Tagged As: Obituary, The New York Times, Women in literature

IndieReader bestsellers: Week of August 3, 2020

Posted on 08/10/2020 at 08:52 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the bestselling indie novels for the week of August 3, 2020, as compiled by IndieReader. 1. Sweet Kisses,...

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Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists

Mother and daughter are both on an Irish literary prize's shortlist

Posted on 08/07/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Yesterday we learned that two of the Booker Prize longlist authors, Brandon Taylor and C Pam Zhang, are also close...

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Tagged As: Awards