Founding New York Review of Books editor Robert Silvers dies. (The New York Times) Does Jane Austen have an alt-right following? (The Independent) Digital manga sales increased by 27 per cent last year. (Good e-Reader) ... Read More »

Harlequin launches new romance imprint Dare, as Blaze line shutters. (BookRiot) Morrissey retcons his lonely youth into a questionable statement on civil rights via a T-shirt featuring author and activist James Baldwin. (The Guardian) Bill Gates and ... Read More »

Nobel Laureate poet and playwright Derek Walcott has died. (St. Lucia Star) "Books over booze" with these 15 contemporary Irish writers. (LitHub) Louise Erdrich and Matthew Desmond win National Book Critics Circle Awards. (Los Angeles ... Read More »

Stephen King and son Owen are writing a thriller about a world without women. (Good E-Reader) Judge's ruling in U.S. court case is based on the absence of an Oxford comma. (The Guardian) Dan Brown ... Read More »

The Girl in the Spider's Web film adaptation sets itself apart with all-new actors. (BuzzFeed) 2017 Man Booker International Prize longlist revealed. (The Guardian) Women writers on sexism, assault, and harassment in the literary world. ... Read More »

Spotify curates audiobook playlists to honour Women's History Month. (BookRiot) The New Yorker publishes lost F. Scott Fitzgerald story. (The New Yorker) Austin, Texas, inundated with handmaids from Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. (BookRiot) EU Court ... Read More »