March 26, 2018

Big news for Charlotte Brontë fans. The eldest Brontë, who is, of course, best-known for writing Jane Eyre—a novel some of us are forced to read in middle school but don’t come… Read more »

Authors

Salman Rushdie, Ian Rankin and Joanne Harris amongst those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list — Nikki Griffiths
Joanne Harris suggests some "parents, largely fathers" perceive reading as "girly" — Tom Clayton
Waterstones appeal aims to raise £1m for Ukraine disaster fund — Tom Clayton
Returning an ebook after reading: is Amazon's return policy damaging to authors and publishers? — Nikki Griffiths

An Indian publisher included Hitler in their “Great Leaders” children’s book, alongside Obama, Mandela, and Gandhi

Alex Primiani

Voices around the world have urged an Indian publisher to cease distribution of a children’s book called Great Leaders, which includes Adolf Hitler among its examples, according to a Times of Israel staff report. According to… Read more »

Bill Cunningham: New Work

Ryan Harrington

If you’ve ever seen Richard Press’s magnificent 2010 documentary Bill Cunningham: New York, you know that its namesake wasn’t a man with many idle moments. Cunningham—who spent forty years as a fashion and… Read more »

Dear Evan Hansen becomes a YA book, since books are very good at soaking up tears

Peter Clark

Dear Evan Hansen is the musical theater phenomenon that researchers are using to test the capacity of human tear ducts. It’s about a depressed teenager who writes himself uplifting notes—“Dear Evan… Read more »

Melville House Books

Two lost Charlotte Brontë manuscripts will be published this year

Stephanie DeLuca