Author James Patterson will receive the National Humanities Medal

Posted on 11/20/2019 at 02:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The first recipients of the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal during Donald Trump’s presidency will officially receive...

Tagged As: Awards, Politics

"A Warning" underwhelms literary reviewers

Posted on 11/20/2019 at 12:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A Warning by Anonymous, who claims to be an insider in the Trump administration, notched some impressive early sales numbers....

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book reviews, Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics

Book battles: Bulk orders of “Triggered” and Balkan conspiracy theories

Posted on 11/15/2019 at 11:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

People who think reading and books are boring are clearly oh-so-wrong, for many reasons. We have two salacious stories from...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Bestsellers, Politics, Scandal, The Guardian, The New York Times

Edward Snowden: Chinese regime has censored my memoir

Posted on 11/13/2019 at 03:59 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee who helped reveal the NSA’s surveillance programs, says his memoir is being censored in...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics, The Bookseller

Turkish author recently released from jail is arrested again

Posted on 11/13/2019 at 07:57 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The celebration over a Turkish writer’s release from jail appears to have been premature. Journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan was...

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Tagged As: Memoir, Politics, Scandal, The Guardian

Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley's memoir hits shelves

Posted on 11/12/2019 at 08:50 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Today is release day for yet another political memoir, this one from Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Book reviews, Memoir, NPR, Politics

Early reviews of "A Warning" are mixed

Posted on 11/08/2019 at 12:50 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times and the Washington Post have both shared their early thoughts about the contents of A Warning....

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Tagged As: Book reviews, Nonfiction, NPR, Politics, The New York Times

DOJ: Book on Trump administration may violate nondisclosure agreements

Posted on 11/05/2019 at 12:41 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Department of Justice is warning that a book purporting to be an insider’s look at the Trump administration may...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Lawsuit, Nonfiction, Politics

John Lithgow chats about his new political protest book

Posted on 10/24/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Actor John Lithgow has officially thrown himself into the political fray. While in the past, his involvement was just artistic...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Poetry, Politics, Pop culture, The New York Times

Anonymous Trump administration official is publishing a book

Posted on 10/22/2019 at 03:06 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We were going to share a review of a recently released book that promises an insider’s look at the Trump...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Memoir, Nonfiction, NPR, Politics, Scandal