October 11, 2017 | Filed under: Book links
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 ... Read More »
Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis will write a sequel to kidlit favourite Corduroy. (The New York Times) New illustrated edition of J.K. Rowlings's The Tales of Beedle the Barb will be illustrated by former U.K. children's ... Read More »
October 10, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Children's publishing
The cold case about who betrayed Anne Frank has been reopened. (The Guardian) Cartoonists condemned for insensitivity after the attacks in Las Vegas. (Melville House) The Walking Dead comic creator Robert Kirkman to return with new ... Read More »
October 5, 2017 | Filed under: Book links
The 2017 National Book Award finalists have been revealed. (HuffPost) This year's Nobel Prize in Literature winner will be announced on Oct. 5. (The Guardian) Who's really in the running for this year's literary Nobel? ... Read More »
October 4, 2017 | Filed under: Book links
Mariko Tamaki was "vaguely obsessed" with the Lumberjanes graphic novels before signing on to write the new middle-grade series. (Publishers Weekly) HarperCollins Children’s Books wins auction for new detective series for middle-grade readers, written by British ... Read More »
October 3, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Children's publishing
Playboy's legacy of supporting fiction implies great literature is an exclusively male interest. (HuffPost) That said: The 10 best stories published in Playboy, including Margaret Atwood's "The Bog Man." (Literary Hub) Experts say it's now OK ... Read More »
October 2, 2017 | Filed under: Book links
Welcoming The New York Times's new head book critic, Parul Sehgal. (NYT) Irish government buys poet W.B. Yeats's artifacts from private collector after public outcry. (The Irish Times) The internet is going crazy over this video of ... Read More »
September 28, 2017 | Filed under: Book links
Review of The River Bank, a "gently feminist" sequel to The Wind in the Willows. (The Washington Post) U.K. children's laureate, Lauren Child, says books are too cheap and devalued. (The Bookseller) Clifford the movie ... Read More »
September 27, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Children's publishing
The TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace premiered last night. Here are six things that inspired the novel. (CBC Books) A film sequel to Stephen King's It is already in the works. (The Verge) Fans want Wonder Woman ... Read More »
September 26, 2017 | Filed under: Book links
Book fairies hide copies of Alias Grace – with letters from Margaret Atwood – around Canada. (CBC Books) University of Texas acquires Michael Ondaatje's archives, including preliminary work behind The English Patient. (The Guardian) Bill Clinton's forthcoming ... Read More »
September 25, 2017 | Filed under: Book links