Didion’s Year of Magical Thinking will take the stage in Seattle this summer
A Seattle theater company will be bringing Joan Didion’s gorgeous memoir of grief, The Year of Magical Thinking, to the stage this summer, according to Misha Berson for The Seattle… Read more »
Local DC bookstore gets one step closer to gov’t support; can other stores follow suit?
A win for bookstores everywhere! In last week’s Publishers Weekly, Ed Nawotka reported on a local DC bookstore whose proposed tax break with local government is gaining momentum. Sankofa Video… Read more »
Bored Christians petition wrong company to cancel Good Omens adaptation
Amazon Prime’s release of the show adaptation of “Good Omens,” one of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s well-known collaborations, has been receiving pretty good reviews but there’s one group who… Read more »
New open-mic space in Dubai offers city a creative outlet for poetry, music, and the arts
The United Arab Emirates literary scene has been blossoming these last few years with new festivals and book fairs, and most recently, a new poetry collective is taking root in Dubai.… Read more »
Orwell’s 1984 was published seventy years ago, a Harvard academic asks if he got it right
Our relationship with technology is quickly becoming one of the most discussed topics of our time. Whether it be the inevitability of AI or social media’s turn to consumerism, the… Read more »
Waterstone’s owners swoop in to buy B&N at the last minute
The monopolization of the publishing industry continues, this time with the recent announcement that international hedge fund, Elliott Management, has purchased the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain for “roughly $683 million, including… Read more »
Turkish writer Elif Shafak speaks against Turkish censorship
Turkish writers and academics are being persecuted for their work at an alarming rate, thanks to the current turmoil in the country. One writer, Elif Shafak, is speaking out against… Read more »
New PRH publishing program hops on lifestyle train, set for 2020
With the recent attention Jenny Odell’s How To Do Nothing is receiving, it’s no surprise readers are looking for more guidance and lifestyle books that blur the lines of psychology,… Read more »
Avenatti indicted with fraud, aggravated identity theft, in relation to Stormy Daniels
For CNN, Erica Orden reports on the latest Michael Avenatti fiasco: a New York grand jury indicted the famous attorney with fraud and aggravated identity theft involving Stormy Daniels, his former… Read more »
Booklover Sarah Jessica Parker doesn’t want to see budgets for libraries slashed
New York public libraries are finding an ally this week in celebrity (and booklover) Sarah Jessica Parker as she rallies fans to stand against the recent budget cuts mayor, and twenty-somethingth presidential… Read more »