September 18, 2014

Hours after releasing a controversial nonfiction longlist that included only one woman (and nine men), the National Book Awards released its longlist for fiction. The list first appeared on The… Read more »

Awards and ceremonies

Salman Rushdie, Ian Rankin and Joanne Harris amongst those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list — Nikki Griffiths
Geetanjali Shree becomes first Indian winner of International Booker Prize — Nikki Griffiths
Footballer Marcus Rashford's mum accepts Book of the Year award on his behalf — Tom Clayton
Pulitzer winners and finalists offer new perspectives — Julianna Yablans

Major literary holidays other than Read an eBook Day

Alex Shephard, Sal Robinson, Mark Krotov & Eric Jett

Americans take their holidays seriously. Just look at the orgy of barbecuing that occurs on Labor Day, the orgy of turkey consumption that occurs on Thanksgiving, or the orgy of… Read more »

Alison Bechdel wins MacArthur “genius grant”

Jonah Simonak

Unless you’ve been living a peaceful but uninformed life under a rock for the past decade, you’ve probably heard the name Alison Bechdel. The cartoonist, who made significant literary waves… Read more »

Madeline, the classic children’s book character created by Ludwig Bemelmans, turns 75

Claire Kelley

In a house in Paris that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines… Madeline, the beloved children’s book character created by author and illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans… Read more »

“You speak a language that I understand not,” or, Brits fund Mandarin translation of Shakespeare

Monika Zaleska

The Royal Shakespeare Company will get 1.5 million pounds ($1.63 million in real money) from the British government to translate all of William Shakespeare’s works into Mandarin. The effort, said British… Read more »

Melville House Books

The fiction longlist for the National Book Award is here

Alex Shephard