"The English Patient" wins the Golden Booker

Posted on 07/09/2018 at 09:06 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Michael Ondaatje may have had to share the Man Booker Prize glory in 1992, but he finally reigned supreme this past Sund...

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J.K. Rowling riles up Scottish nationalists

Posted on 07/06/2018 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Scottish nationalists are taking umbrage at some recent comments from J.K. Rowling. The Guardian reports that the drama...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, The Guardian, Young adult literature

Remembering Harlan Ellison

Posted on 06/29/2018 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Now that we’ve had a chance to absorb the news of Harlan Ellison’s death, it’s time to reflect on his...

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Tagged As: Obituary, Science fiction, The Guardian

U.K. authors call on publishers to share more of the wealth

Posted on 06/28/2018 at 04:27 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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A recent author-earnings survey in the United Kingdom doesn’t do much to counter the image of a starving artist. T...

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Tagged As: The business of writing, The Guardian

Is author Jonathan Franzen really retiring?

Posted on 06/27/2018 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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The Guardian has some mixed reports on whether Jonathan Franzen will truly hang up his pen/turn off his laptop. The auth...

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Michael Pollan takes a bite out of a new subject

Posted on 06/26/2018 at 05:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Love Michael Pollan’s food writing? Well, he's consuming something slightly different nowadays. Pollan, a...

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Tagged As: Nonfiction, Podcast, The Guardian

Donald Hall, poet laureate, passes away

Posted on 06/25/2018 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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The daughter of Donald Hall confirms that the two-time poet laureate passed away Saturday. Hall, who was eighty-nine, ha...

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Tagged As: Obituary, Poetry, The Guardian

What it feels like to win a literary prize

Posted on 06/21/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Benjamin Myers didn’t expect to win the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, nor could he have predicted the...

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Tagged As: Awards, Historical fiction, The Guardian

From deafening silence to deafening applause

Posted on 06/20/2018 at 05:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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A novel that was repeatedly rejected by big-name publishers has won the prestigious Desmond Elliott Prize. Preti Taneja&...

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Study finds gender imbalance in major literary publications

Posted on 06/19/2018 at 03:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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An arts organization reports that female writers still don’t get their due when it comes to articles and reviews....

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Tagged As: Diversity, The Guardian, Women in literature