November 12, 2014

When Sean Michaels, debut author, learned that he’d won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel Us Conductors, about the life and times of Lev Termen, inventor of the theremin,… Read more »

Awards and ceremonies

Single billboard heralds arrival of new Hilary Mantel novel — Tom Clayton
What made this year's Man Booker International winners so damn notable? — Michael Barron
81-year-old debut novelist is shortlisted for a literary prize, so take that, ageists! — Michael Barron
Are women funny? Prize news confirms yes, of course they bloody are — Nikki Griffiths

Imperial War Museum Library threatened with closure

Zeljka Marosevic

Yesterday Britain marked one hundred years since the outbreak of the First World War, and at 11am a two minute silence was held in honour of Remembrance Day. Poppies, which… Read more »

Finding a “message in a bottle” in Google book scans

Claire Kelley

We’ve written about when book scanners go wrong on this blog, and we’ve also covered the controversy and lawsuits over Google’s decision to scan books. But somewhere in the midst… Read more »

Flannery O’Connor inducted into The American Poets Corner

Flannery O’Connor was eminently quotable, so it’s not surprising that the most disagreement regarding her November 2 induction into The American Poets Corner came from trying to choose a quote… Read more »

Asimov adaptation coming to HBO

Nick Davies

Fresh off the premiere of his new movie Interstellar, screenwriter Jonah Nolan has been tapped to create an adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy. In an exclusive for The Wrap,… Read more »

Maya Angelou on how to get something for nothing

Kirsten Reach

Here’s an animated conversation between Maya Angelou and Studs Terkel, on stories told to her by con men when she was young. The interview took place in the 1970s, and… Read more »

Melville House Books

Surprise winner of the Giller Prize tweets appropriately

Sal Robinson