- Hachette Book Group to move forward with forthcoming Weinstein Books titles amid sexual assault allegations. (Publishers Weekly)
- Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski threatened to break her book contract with the publisher if Weinstein didn’t resign. (Melville House)
- A story from Tom Hanks’s forthcoming collection is debuting in a small Brooklyn-based literary magazine. (The Washington Post)
- A new instalment of the 50 Shades series is publishing in November. (Los Angeles Times)
- Disney cancels new Jack and the Beanstalk film adaptation. (The A.V. Club)
- Toronto performer The Weeknd is the subject of a new Marvel comic book. (CTV News)
- How Amazon book reviews became a battleground for U.S. politics. (The Guardian)
- Novelists Viet Thanh Nguyen and Jesmyn Ward, playwright Annie Baker among 2017 McArthur Genius Grant recipients. (NPR)
- After outcry, Dr. Seuss Museum to remove a mural with one of the author’s notoriously racist caricatures. (Salon)
- The date Dan Brown chose to release his latest book may not have been the wisest choice. (The Guardian)
- What affect does literature and other art have on our brains? (Open Culture)
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