June 20, 2018

Since 2009, VIDA: Women in Literary Arts has been compiling data on the representation of women in literary publications and book reviews. Since 2016, they have also been tracking various… Read more »

Representation

LGBTQ friendly book removed from library for fear of turning children gay — Nikki Griffiths
Illustrated kids book about girls' bodies criticised for avoiding the word vagina — Nikki Griffiths
Booker Award split between two deserving writers; irritation abounds — Mike Lindgren
Two Nobel prizes in literature to be awarded next week — Athena Bryan

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette fires an editorial cartoonist for being “too angry”

Alex Primiani

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has come under fire over the firing of a veteran cartoonist, reports Daniel Lippman at Politico. According to Lippman, the paper’s publisher, John Block, felt cartoonist Rob Rogers’s illustrations were “angry… Read more »

Terry Gilliam’s Don Quixote adaptation somehow encounters more trouble

Ryan Harrington

Just over two months ago, we posted the trailer for Terry Gilliam’s Quixote film adaptation, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. It was something of a triumph for the film and… Read more »

The Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist has been announced

Stephanie DeLuca

The shortlist for Australia’s most prestigious book prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, was announced this week by Perpetual, the financial services company that sponsors it. The mission of the award,… Read more »

Melville House Books

VIDA have published their 2017 Count, the first of the #MeToo era

Simon Reichley