Posted on 09/21/2018 at 02:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Parents just don’t understand. The editors at the Oxford English Dictionary are no exception to that rule, either,...
Posted on 09/20/2018 at 03:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Jack Kerouac fans should perhaps say a silent thank-you to his mother. That is, assuming she heeded his plea for $25 to...
Posted on 09/19/2018 at 12:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Author George Orwell’s archives are officially part of the UNESCO Memory of the World register. The Memory of the...
Posted on 09/18/2018 at 09:53 AM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
What are the side effects of finishing a six-volume series of autobiographical novels? Well, your family might have a fe...
Posted on 09/17/2018 at 12:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
When we say Roald Dahl’s Matilda has grown up, we’re not talking about the actress from the movie. We mean t...
Posted on 09/14/2018 at 03:30 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The BBC’s national short story contest, for the fifth time, has an all-female shortlist. Contest entries are judge...
Posted on 09/13/2018 at 12:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Agatha Christie and J.K. Rowling aren’t the only authors whose titles change when they move across the Atlantic, a...
Posted on 09/12/2018 at 12:30 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Kate Atkinson fans (and we know there are many of you), today is your lucky day! The author of the bestselling Life Afte...
Posted on 09/10/2018 at 12:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Sometimes it seems easier to list off the beloved historical figures who haven’t been exposed as less-than-charmin...
Posted on 09/06/2018 at 02:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Hungry? Reading this review of Leo Tolstoy’s family cookbook may or may not help. The War and Peace author adopted...
