New book comes directly from Jane Austen's kitchen

Posted on 05/17/2021 at 08:55 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Grouchy this morning? Here’s a collection of words to cheer you up: Jane Austen’s grilled cheese recipe. The Guardian reports...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, The Guardian, Women in literature

Nobel judges worried about endangering Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Posted on 05/14/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Choosing a single author to honor with the Nobel Prize for Literature can’t be easy in most years. But consider...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: History, Literature in translation, The Guardian

Why one reader is deleting Goodreads

Posted on 05/13/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

With about 90 million users worldwide, Goodreads has clearly found and fulfilled a need among many readers. Kat Smith writes,...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Reading, The Guardian

New book raises questions about issues with Secret Service

Posted on 05/11/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carol Leonnig has another book out next week, and its subject is right in her powerhouse. The...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Nonfiction, Politics, The Guardian

See the lockets that Charles Dickens and his sister-in-law exchanged

Posted on 05/10/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

London’s Charles Dickens Museum is unveiling some of its recently acquired — and never before displayed — artifacts in a...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, Memorabilia, The Guardian

Love and literature: Do you have to like the same books?

Posted on 05/10/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

One of the cliches about love and romance is that opposites attract. But when the contrasting characteristic is their literary...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Reading, The Guardian

Meet the flight attendant who signed a seven-figure book deal

Posted on 05/06/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Readers with flight anxiety will want to skip this author interview. Those who don’t fear flying — or who never...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, The Guardian, Thriller

How to become a bestselling poet: Have a Twitter-savvy grandkid

Posted on 05/04/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We typically hear about grandparents bragging up their grandchildren far more often than the reverse. That makes the tale of...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Amazon, Poetry, The Guardian

Retired graphic-novel author Alan Moore signs a book deal

Posted on 05/03/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Alan Moore may have retired from comics, but he certainly hasn’t laid down his pen. The Guardian had the privilege...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Fantasy, Graphic novel, Short story, The Guardian

James Patterson on writing a novel with a president

Posted on 05/01/2021 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You may know author James Patterson as a fixture on bestseller lists or as one of the most prolific writers...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, The Guardian