French authors under fire for posting about their second homes

Posted on 04/07/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two acclaimed French authors have found themselves in eau chaud recently thanks to their posts about quarantine life. Leïla Slimani...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, The Guardian

Professor identifies main author of 1592 play co-written by Shakespeare

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A literary scholar believes he’s identified the anonymous author of the play Arden of Faversham, the first domestic tragedy in...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, The Guardian

Letters from Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Hardy's wife become public

Posted on 04/02/2020 at 02:50 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Hey, want to think about the past instead of the present? The Guardian has recently posted about letters either from...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Memorabilia, The Guardian

Quarantine reading from throughout history

Posted on 03/31/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Many of us use books as an escape from reality, so for them, “plague reading” would simply mean fiction they...

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Tagged As: Book club, Book lists, coronavirus / COVID-19, History, Literature in translation, The Guardian

Literary award administrators decide to share the prize money

Posted on 03/30/2020 at 08:31 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The administrators of a literary prize have chosen one winner, but they’re splitting the prize money among the entire shortlist...

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Tagged As: Awards, coronavirus / COVID-19, Literature in translation, The Guardian

Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally has died

Posted on 03/25/2020 at 09:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally has passed away of complications related to the coronavirus. McNally — a four-time Tony Award winner,...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Obituary, The Guardian

The illustrator of the Asterix comics has died

Posted on 03/24/2020 at 02:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Albert Uderzo, who illustrated the beloved Asterix comic series, has died at the age of ninety-two. His son-in-law told media...

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Tagged As: Graphic novel, Obituary, The Guardian

Coronavirus and the children’s section

Posted on 03/23/2020 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A 2017 children’s book has seen sales increase by over 2,000 percent in the past month. Yep, you read that...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, coronavirus / COVID-19, Pop culture, The Guardian

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie denies plagiarism claims

Posted on 03/18/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Bestselling and critically acclaimed author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has denied that she plagiarized a fellow Nigerian writer's novel. Anne Giwa-Amu...

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Tagged As: Diversity, Scandal, The Guardian

"My Dark Vanessa" author dishes on the drama over her novel

Posted on 03/14/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Guardian’s headline for an interview with Kate Elizabeth Russell asks whether her new novel is the most controversial one...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Scandal, The Guardian