Harry Potter and the fight against bored quarantined kids

Posted on 04/02/2020 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Another celebrity heavyweight is lending a hand in the boredom battle felt by kids across the world. J.K. Rowling has...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Children's literature, coronavirus / COVID-19, Libraries, Literary Hub

How classic novels would've closed in the time of social distancing

Posted on 03/26/2020 at 09:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literary Hub rewrote the first lines of several classic novels so that they fit social distancing recommendations last week. And...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, coronavirus / COVID-19, Literary Hub

Enjoy another excerpt from “The City We Became” by N.K. Jemisin

Posted on 03/25/2020 at 11:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

N.K. Jemisin’s latest novel, The City We Became, hit shelves yesterday. NPR had already shared an early excerpt of the...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, Literary Hub, Science fiction, Women in literature

What famous authors named their pets (and why)

Posted on 03/19/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Authors don’t reserve all their creativity for their fiction — some goes to their four-legged friends, too. A Literary Hub...

Tagged As: Just for fun, Literary Hub

Basketball star Scottie Pippen has written a memoir

Posted on 03/05/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The latest in our nostalgia series: Retired basketball star Scottie Pippen is publishing a memoir. Pippen played a huge role...

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Tagged As: Literary Hub, Memoir, Pop culture

Read an excerpt from Louise Erdrich's "The Night Watchman"

Posted on 03/05/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Excited about Louise Erdrich’s new release but still waiting on a copy — or unsure whether you’re buying into the...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Diversity, Excerpt, Literary Hub, NPR

18th-century book toilets were a thing — and one is for sale

Posted on 02/23/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A commode shaped like a book strikes us as sacrilegious to most avid readers. But apparently it was completely normal...

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Tagged As: Literary Hub, Memorabilia

Amelia Earhart: Pilot and poet

Posted on 02/21/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We know Amelia Earhart as an aviation pioneer and the heroine of a tragic mystery. But we should also know...

Tagged As: History, Literary Hub, Poetry

Thank — or blame — Geoffrey Chaucer for Valentine's Day

Posted on 02/14/2020 at 09:53 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

William Shakespeare has a way of hogging the English literary and linguistic spotlight. But when it comes to Valentine’s Day,...

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Tagged As: History, Just for fun, Literary Hub, Poetry

The shows and films that paid homage to Judy Blume

Posted on 02/12/2020 at 01:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

One more round of childhood nostalgia, this time for more than just millennials! In honor of Judy Blume's 82nd birthday,...

Tagged As: Just for fun, Literary Hub, Pop culture, Young adult literature