February 19, 2014

“I question your commitment to books”: AWP staff battle Seattle tax law, social media response, even a reporter

Paul Constant, the book editor of the Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger caught an important message from the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) on Monday morning: Christian Teresi, director… Read more »

Arts & Culture

Salman Rushdie, Ian Rankin and Joanne Harris amongst those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list — Nikki Griffiths
Lost Charlotte Brontë manuscript sold for $1.25 million — Nikki Griffiths
Waterstones appeal aims to raise £1m for Ukraine disaster fund — Tom Clayton
The Big Jubilee Read: 70 books are selected to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 70 year reign — Nikki Griffiths

Citizens Defending Libraries calls the Central Library Plan “a real estate grab” and “contrary to the public interest”

Claire Kelley

Citizens Defending Libraries, which was co-founded by Michael D. D. White and Carolyn McIntyre, has been organizing protests and actions against the Central Library Plan. They have told us that… Read more »

RIP: Mavis Gallant, legendary short story author

Andrew McGrath

Mavis Gallant, the famous short story writer best known for her collections The Other Paris, From the Fifteenth Distrtict, and Paris Stories, died yesterday, as this Guardian story reports. She was… Read more »

PRESS RELEASE: Melville House to publish book by mayor of Reykjavík, Jón Gnarr

Melville House

Icelandic comedian invented a political party and won the mayoral election; his term ends June 2014 Brooklyn, NY, February 18, 2014 – Melville House has announced the acquisition of a memoir from the… Read more »

Isabel Allende insults, and then asks forgiveness from, mystery writers and readers

Julia Fleischaker

It’s probably not a great idea, when dipping your toe into a new literary genre, to malign the people already swimming there. It’s a lesson that acclaimed author Isabel Allende… Read more »

Lewis Carroll hated fame so much he regretted writing Alice in Wonderland

Zeljka Marosevic

A previously unseen letter written by Lewis Carroll, the pseudonym of Charles Dodgson, has revealed his strong dislike of fame, and the regret he felt over his Alice in Wonderland… Read more »

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