Francoise Sagan's son publishes her unfinished novel

Posted on 09/19/2019 at 04:39 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A newly published book has the ultimate cliffhanger ending: its author passed away over a decade ago. Francoise Sagan, author...

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Tagged As: The Guardian, Women in literature

Author Graeme Gibson has passed away

Posted on 09/18/2019 at 03:19 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author and conservationist Graeme Gibson has died at the age of eighty-five, according to the Guardian. His long-term partner, the...

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Tagged As: Nonfiction, Obituary, The Guardian

Vision loss inspires man to create world's first audio comic book

Posted on 09/18/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When Chad Allen went completely blind, after thirteen years of slowly losing his vision, he naturally turned to audiobooks. But...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Graphic novel, The Guardian

What's the reaction to Edward Snowden's memoir?

Posted on 09/17/2019 at 04:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Edward Snowden’s memoir, Permanent Record, went on sale today. Many Americans aren’t interested in hearing what the whistle-blowing former CIA...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Lawsuit, Memoir, NPR, Politics, The Guardian, The New York Times

Booker Prize panel: "The Testaments" hasn't won ... yet

Posted on 09/17/2019 at 10:40 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Booker Prize judges are insisting that they haven’t selected a 2019 winner yet. That’s in spite of a picture...

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Tagged As: Awards, The Guardian

Scholar: John Milton marked up his copy of Shakespeare's plays

Posted on 09/16/2019 at 12:50 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Cambridge University fellow Jason Scott-Warren couldn’t put his finger on it at first, but notes on a first folio of...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, History, The Guardian

Columnist wonders why we love novelizations so much

Posted on 09/14/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Bookworms typically prefer the page to the screen (and if they know what’s good for them, they’re very careful about...

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Tagged As: Just for fun, Pop culture, The Guardian

Ian McEwan skewers Brexit in surprise new Kafka-esque novella

Posted on 09/12/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The political turmoil that has followed England's Brexit vote continues to inspire authors. Ian McEwan announced today that he’ll release...

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Tagged As: Politics, The Guardian

Reviews mixed for Malcolm Gladwell, Stephen King new releases

Posted on 09/11/2019 at 12:24 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Malcolm Gladwell and Stephen King both released new books yesterday, though with The Testaments by Margaret Atwood hitting shelves, you...

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Tagged As: Book reviews, Horror, Nonfiction, The Guardian, The New York Times

Elena Ferrante reveals next novel; Stephen King, Malcolm Gladwell release books today

Posted on 09/10/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times declares that today is Super Tuesday for books, and that’s no exaggeration. In addition to The...

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Tagged As: New release, Nonfiction, Politics, The Guardian, The New York Times