The President Is Missing Has Banner First Week, Feminize Your Canon, and More
Michael Ondaatje on his favorite books; should publishers add morality clauses to author contracts; Shakespeare quotations in legal contexts; and other news.
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Akashic Books Launches Grief Imprint, Missing Joyce Scholar, and More
Apple’s new Books app; Mike McCormack wins the €100,000 International Dublin Literary Award; Stephen King app for smart speakers; and other news.
Nobel Prize Scandal Grows, Poetry World Cup, and More
A new series of books and novels inspired by Stranger Things; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins PEN Pinter Prize; NPR’s summer poll on horror books; and other news.
Presses Revive Midwestern Classics, Campaign to Restore George Eliot’s Home, and More
Lionel Shriver accuses Penguin Random House of being “drunk on virtue”; Anthony Bourdain remembered; dictionaries take to social media; and other news.
Anthony Bourdain Has Died, Griffin Poetry Prizes Announced, and More
Poetry readership is up; behind the New York Times best-seller lists; Books for Africa ships millions of books to Africa; and other news.
Kamila Shamsie Wins Women’s Prize for Fiction, Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Novel, and More
Knopf buys debut novel for seven figures; poet Victoria Chang on revision; the sidewalk bookseller who befriended Phillip Roth; and other news.
Boston Review Poetry Editors Resign Over Junot Díaz Decision, Big Read Grants Announced, and More
Bill Gates book giveaway for recent college grads; race and the personal essay; Porochista Khakpour’s new memoir on illness; and other news.
Oprah’s Book Club Pick, Lammys Announced, and More
Critics disagree on thriller by Bill Clinton and James Patterson; Michiko Kakutani’s forthcoming book on truth and Trump; Audie Award winners; and other news.
The Growth of Audio Originals, Roxane Gay Talks Books, and More
Sue Landers named executive director of Lambda Literary; literary agent Elaine Markson has died; the indie booksellers of New York City; and other news.
Emily Dickinson Comedy Series, Salman Rushdie on Literature and Truth, and More
A new exhibit on Tolkien’s Middle-earth; recommended literary biopics; Meg Wolitzer on feminism; and other news.
Walt Whitman’s Birthday, Bill Clinton’s Reading Habits, and More
Amazon launches new line of digital stories; Zack Snyder to adapt The Fountainhead for screen; what it means to be well-read; and other news.
Tracy K. Smith on Poetry in the Technological Age, Summer Reading, and More
A study on the difference between owning a print book versus an e-book; Elena Ferrante on reading and insomnia; how to read autofiction; and other news.
Golden Man Booker Prize Finalists, 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature Might be Canceled, and More
Accountant at literary agency accused of embezzling $3.4 million; the New Yorker profiles Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; inside the London offices of the Times Literary Supplement; and other news.
Rita Dove on Living Before Writing, an Artist’s Guide to Self-Promotion, and More
Michelle Obama releases cover of memoir; Porochista Khakpour starts digital zine for offbeat writing; children’s author Richard Peck has died; and other news.
Patricia Frazier Named National Youth Poet Laureate, Philip Roth Remembered, and More
The National Book Foundation announces expansion of public programming; a poetry correspondence between Natalie Diaz and Ada Limón; shortlists for Forward Prizes for Poetry announced; and other news.
Philip Roth Has Died, Olga Tokarczuk Wins Man Booker International Prize, and More
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students to publish anthology with Random House; romance novelist and lawyer Stacey Abrams wins Democratic primary in Georgia gubernatorial race; Sylvia Plath’s undergraduate thesis on doppelgängers; and other news.
The Great American Read Premieres Tonight, Love Letters From Proust, and More
How writers of color are reinventing the science fiction and fantasy genre; Bill Gates recommends five books to read this summer; a case against book snobbery; and other news.
Seattle Celebrates City of Literature Title, Writers Call Out Poet Joseph Massey, and More
Jennifer Egan is working on a companion book to A Visit From the Goon Squad; remembering publisher Peter Mayer; publishers report modest growth in first quarter of 2018; and other news.
Summer Reads, the Second Shelf, and More
Elena Ferrante on her greatest fear; the collages of John Ashbery; the lesbian canon; and other news.
Sending a Microfiche Library to the Moon, Hidden Pages of Anne Frank’s Diary, and More
Stephen Hawking’s final book; Norman Mailer’s house up for sale; the winners of this year’s O. Henry Prize for short stories; and other news.
Lidia Yuknavitch Memoir Adaptation, Remembering Tom Wolfe, and More
Zora Neale Hurston’s influence; academics oppose media treatment of Junot Díaz; Best Translated Book Awards finalists; and other news.
Tom Wolfe Has Died, Ursula K. Le Guin Documentary, and More
Feral House publisher Adam Parfrey has died; reading Pablo Neruda in light of #MeToo; the strangest bookmarks found in libraries; and other news.
A Poet’s Dream Delivery Service, Kayo Chingonyi Wins Dylan Thomas Prize, and More
Peter Mayer, publisher of The Satanic Verses, has died; Dylan Thomas Day; Michael Chabon on parenting; and other news.
Writers Turned Screenwriters, Díaz Steps Down as Pulitzer Chairman, and More
Jesmyn Ward on giving voice to black girls; finalists for the 2017 Shirley Jackson Awards announced; To Kill a Mockingbird Broadway dispute settled; and other news.
VONA Fellows Pen Letter to Board, Mary Karr and the Dangers of Idolization, and More
The modern significance of Fahrenheit 451; Amina Gautier and Joan Silber win PEN short story award; Academy of American Poets wins Innovations in Reading Prize; and other news.