West Virginia library will keep LGBT book off the shelves for a while

Posted on 11/21/2019 at 02:20 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Guardian reported yesterday that a West Virginia library board was set to meet and discuss whether an LGBT children’s...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Children's literature, Scandal

Amélie Wen Zhao prepares to release revised version of "Blood Heir"

Posted on 11/18/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Earlier this year, author Amélie Wen Zhao revealed that she’d be revising her debut novel, which she’d put on hold...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, NPR, Scandal, Young adult literature

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...

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

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

Writers criticize Paris Review's choice of author to honor

Posted on 11/05/2019 at 02:42 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Another day, another controversial literary prize choice. (Seriously.) When the Paris Review gave its lifetime achievement award to author Richard...

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Tagged As: Awards, Scandal, The Guardian

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...

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

Publisher cancels release of Naomi Wolf's "Outrages"

Posted on 10/22/2019 at 08:20 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced Monday that it will not, in fact, publish Naomi Wolf’s latest book, Outrages: Sex, Censorship, and...

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Tagged As: Nonfiction, Scandal, The New York Times

Swedish Academy defends decision to give Peter Handke the Nobel Prize

Posted on 10/21/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Members of the Swedish Academy are defending their choice of Peter Handke to win this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature....

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Tagged As: Awards, Politics, Scandal, The Guardian

White House adviser's nonfiction books quote a made-up character

Posted on 10/19/2019 at 03:58 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publisher and co-authors of books by White House adviser Peter Navarro don’t find a recurring inside joke of Navarro’s...

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Tagged As: Nonfiction, NPR, Scandal

Controversy over Nobel and Booker Prize picks continues

Posted on 10/17/2019 at 08:12 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Time has yet to heal the wounds caused by two controversial literary awards. Peter Handke, who received the 2019 Nobel...

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Tagged As: Awards, Scandal, The Guardian