Forthcoming book by Amy Schumer rumoured to have sold for $8 million to $10 million (U.S.) (UPI). The U.K. loses another book award as the Roald Dahl Funny Prize ends – though Dahl’s books will ... Read More »

Oyster, the ebook subscription service, is shuttering, with much of its staff migrating to Google (Publishers Weekly). U.S. poet C.K. Williams dies at 78 (Flavorwire). The University of Iowa begins project to digitize its zine ... Read More »

Frisbees, Wiffle balls, and cake pans: public libraries are aren’t just for books anymore (The New York Times). Digital behaviour catches up to print as data shows most purchased ebooks are never read (Good e-Reader). ... Read More »

Anthony Bourdain breaks from noshing to watch letterpress bookmaking (Mental Floss). Be nice to your books, kids (Huffington Post). Not a buddy comedy: Samuel Beckett and Buster Keaton's 1965 film collaboration (The Paris Review). Margaret ... Read More »

Canadian composer Zosha Di Castri to adapt Alice Munro’s Dear Life as a musical (CBC Books). Chocolat author Joanne Harris condemns gender division in children’s literature (The Guardian). Single-sentence letter by Charles Darwin repudiating the ... Read More »

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Sally Mann among U.S. National Book Awards finalists for non-fiction; YA longlist also announced (Electric Lit/Los Angeles Times) George R. R. Martin to cameo as zombie author on Z Nation, delaying the next ... Read More »