News of note for readers: December 22, 2023

Posted on December 22, 2023 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the last bookish news before Christmas (yes, it's getting awfully quiet on the newswire)! Skyhorse expands...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Movie adaptation, Publishing, Reading, Women in literature

News of note for readers: December 19, 2023

Posted on December 19, 2023 at 8:44 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

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Tagged As: Book reviews, Classic literature, Fantasy, Lawsuit, Libraries, Politics, Pop culture

News of note for readers: December 11, 2023

Posted on December 11, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days! Benjamin Dreyer, copy editor and author of Dreyer's...

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Tagged As: Author events, Classic literature, Graphic novel, Language, Politics, TV adaptation

Book Riot on the classics

Posted on December 7, 2023 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

One theme of holiday season is harkening back to traditions. Maybe that's what prompted Book Riot to post about classic...

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Tagged As: Book lists, Book Riot, Classic literature, Just for fun

News of note for readers: December 7, 2023

Posted on December 7, 2023 at 1:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

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Tagged As: Book club, Book lists, Classic literature, History, Obituary, Poetry

How Arthur Conan Doyle really felt about Sherlock Holmes

Posted on December 4, 2023 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sherlock Holmes made — and has kept — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle famous. But a historian says that the author...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Mystery, Pop culture, TV adaptation

Happy birthday to L.M. Montgomery

Posted on November 30, 2023 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Happy birthday to author L.M. Montgomery, born on this day in 1874. We saved up two deep dives into her...

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Tagged As: Bookish anniversaries, Classic literature, Literary Hub, Literary tourism, Middle-grade fiction, The New York Times

Louisa May Alcott, the essayist

Posted on November 29, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Louisa May Alcott was born on this day in 1832. She is, of course, beloved for Little Women, but...

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Tagged As: Bookish anniversaries, Classic literature, Literary Hub, Nonfiction, Women in literature

A book owned (and marked up) by Jane Austen heads to auction

Posted on November 24, 2023 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those of you with huge budgets and Jane Austen fans in your life, circle December 8 on your calendar (or...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Memorabilia, The Guardian, Women in literature

Seasonal reading: Thanksgiving 2023

Posted on November 23, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In honor of Thanksgiving, enjoy these posts — directly or loosely related to the holiday — from our archives. Thanksgiving...

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Tagged As: Book lists, Classic literature, Just for fun