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Meryl Streep, Benedict Cumberbatch and many more read "James and the Giant Peach"

Posted on 05/21/2020 at 08:10 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Need a comfort read but struggling to focus your eyes on the page? We have great news: Celebrities are teaming...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Charity, Children's literature, coronavirus / COVID-19, The Guardian, Video

Posted on 05/08/2020 at 04:19 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We are unabashedly showing our age right now, via our excitement to share the trailer for the new adaptation of...

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Tagged As: TV adaptation, Video, Young adult literature

Posted on 05/06/2020 at 08:16 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here’s a treat for Harry Potter fans of all ages: Daniel Radcliffe has shared a video of himself reading the...

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Tagged As: Movie adaptation, Video, Young adult literature

Posted on 04/22/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Stephen King’s collection of four novellas, If It Bleeds, was released yesterday. So far, critical reviews have come in strongly...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, Horror, Video

Posted on 08/24/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

This is your last weekend to watch Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin through PBS. (Unless, of course, you work...

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Tagged As: Fantasy, Science fiction, Video, Women in literature

Posted on 06/18/2019 at 11:39 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Jennifer Weiner deserves to be credited with far more than longevity and consistent bestseller status, Salon says. We should be...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Video, Women in literature

Posted on 04/09/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

For those of you who loved Can You Ever Forgive Me?, there’s another movie coming out about authorial drama. JT...

Tagged As: Movie adaptation, Video

Posted on 02/20/2019 at 05:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Every person, native or non-native, who has spoken or spelled in English has bemoaned what a strange language it is....

Tagged As: Just for fun, Language, Video

Posted on 11/14/2018 at 05:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There’s no shame in watching TV, as a bookworm, when you’re watching the National Book Awards ceremony! Actor Nick Offerman,...

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Tagged As: Awards, Video

Posted on 11/05/2018 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s a dark and dreary day in Des Moines, so it seemed fitting that we stumbled upon footage of Ian...

Tagged As: Mystery, Thriller, Video