News of note for readers: September 24, 2024

Posted on September 24, 2024 at 11:52 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: Cover design, Excerpt, Obituary, Ukraine, Women in literature

Political news for readers: August 8, 2024

Posted on August 8, 2024 at 7:55 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the politics-adjacent bookish news of the past few days! Gov. Walz put a Little Free Library...

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Tagged As: Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics, Ukraine

News of note for readers: July 18, 2024

Posted on July 18, 2024 at 2:12 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: Audiobook, Book lists, Politics, Pop culture, Reading, Survey, TV adaptation, Ukraine

Poetry news of note: April 25, 2024

Posted on April 25, 2024 at 7:57 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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

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Tagged As: Obituary, Poetry, Pop culture, Ukraine

Wartime poetry

Posted on October 19, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literature serves many purposes for us, and one of them is processing and expressing great tragedies. With war taking place...

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Tagged As: Literary Hub, Literature in translation, Poetry, Politics, Ukraine

News of note for readers: October 6, 2023

Posted on October 6, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past day! Spotify to give premium subscribers access to 15 hours...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Awards, Bans and challenges, Fantasy, Politics, Ukraine

Elon Musk biographer admits to, corrects a factual error

Posted on September 13, 2023 at 2:06 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The author of a new biography of Elon Musk has admitted to and clarified an error in one online excerpt...

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Tagged As: Nonfiction, Politics, The Guardian, Ukraine

End-of-life words from recently departed authors

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

The Guardian has just shared two different pieces about — or in — the words of writers who passed away....

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Tagged As: Nonfiction, The Guardian, Ukraine

Not everyone is applauding Elizabeth Gilbert's novel delay

Posted on June 14, 2023 at 10:40 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You can't make everyone happy. Author Elizabeth Gilbert probably already knew that, but she was reminded of it this past...

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Elizabeth Gilbert pauses release of novel set in Russia

Posted on June 13, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Elizabeth Gilbert has pulled a novel off her publication schedule in response to reader objections. The Guardian, among other...

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Tagged As: The Guardian, Ukraine, Women in literature