The Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, or why to eat your manuscript The new Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction were awarded a couple of weeks ago at the annual American Library Association conference—Anne Enright’s The Forgotten Waltz won in… Read more »
White guilt: it’s not just for selling shoes anymore We briefly mentioned new publishing startup site Pubslush back in December, and since then they’ve garnered a bit of press and a committed corps of users. Pubslush takes the normal… Read more »
Terry Goodkind and his sword of truth takes down a pirate Like many publishing in the digital age, bestselling fantasy author Terry Goodkind has had his share of books stolen by online pirates. Recently, despite being sold for $9.99 in multiple formats,… Read more »
Fifth-graders correct Washington Post book review, editor calls correction “adorable” Above, Washington Post book reviewer Dennis Drabelle holds a letter from Mrs. Reed’s fifth grade class at Burning Tree Elementary School in Bethesda, Maryland. The letter points to an error in… 2 / Read more »
Neil Gaiman’s new five book deal is kidcentric The first photos on the Web Come ye to the city of booze How much sincerity is a bad thing? When one… Read more »