Watch the 1991 Soviet movie adaptation of "Lord of the Rings"

Posted on 04/12/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A low-budget movie adaptation of The Lord of the Rings made at the end of the Soviet Union has not...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Fantasy, Movie adaptation, The New York Times

New York Times bestsellers: Week ending April 3, 2021

Posted on 04/09/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week ending April 3,...

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Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, The New York Times

Read an excerpt from “Broken Horses”

Posted on 04/07/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The life of a celebrity, at some point, becomes far more eventful – and strange — than the life of...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, Memoir, Pop culture, The New York Times

New York Times bestsellers: Week ending March 27, 2021

Posted on 04/02/2021 at 07:45 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week ending March 27,...

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Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, The New York Times

Children's author and illustrator Joan Walsh Anglund has died

Posted on 03/31/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There must be something about writing children’s books — another beloved author of them has passed away only after reaching...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Obituary, The New York Times

Another Amazon lawsuit, another Big 5 acquisition

Posted on 03/30/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The business side of fiction has grabbed several headlines recently. Last week, law firm Hagens Berman said in a news...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Publishing, The Digital Reader, The New York Times

Book by Captain Underpants author is pulled over racist images

Posted on 03/29/2021 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The author of the Captain Underpants children’s series has apologized for the “harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery” in...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Scandal, The New York Times

New York Times bestsellers: Week ending March 20, 2021

Posted on 03/26/2021 at 07:45 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week ending March 20,...

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Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, The New York Times

Experts: Here's how screen reading differs from print reading

Posted on 03/23/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Whether you prefer your books in print, electronic, or audio, you’ll likely agree that the experience is different from medium...

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Tagged As: Reading, The New York Times

Founder of Cricket magazine has passed away

Posted on 03/22/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you grew up — or raised kids — on Cricket magazine, we’re sorry to say that its creator has...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Obituary, The New York Times