Will the retroactive reckoning deshelve books?
After a massive, popular outcry about the indiscriminate and unchecked violence of police officers towards Black people across America seized the attention of the nation earlier this summer, a certain… Read more »
Federal judge will not block publication of Bolton’s book because “damage is done”
Is that? Do I hear? Is that the sound of good news? Well, not quite. Here’s where we’re at. As reported in Publishers Weekly, the Department of Justice motioned for… Read more »
Bookstores are opening back up, kind of
June is here and states are creaking open. Some are flinging the doors wide, caution thrown to the wind, while others are moving more gingerly. Bookstores mostly find themselves among… Read more »
Studies find that people are finding more time to read and their brains basically can’t process books anymore
Ahh, the age-old conundrum. According to the Guardian, a survey of 1,000 people in the UK claim that their reading time has nearly doubled, that is from 3.5 hours a… Read more »
Hemingway look-alike competition cancelled
In unsurprising but nevertheless noteworthy news, the 40th annual Ernest Hemingway Look-Alike Contest has been cancelled. The competition, which is run by a bar called Sloppy Joe’s, will be rescheduled… Read more »
Looks like everyone suddenly found time to finish that novel
Agents are reporting an inundation of submissions in recent days. As told to the Guardian: Literary agent Juliet Mushens, of the Caskie Mushens agency, usually receives between 10 and 15… Read more »
BookExpo is rescheduling for late July
Shelf Awareness and Publisher’s Weekly are reporting that BookExpo, Unbound and BookCon have moved their May 27-31 convention to July 22-26. This is a bullish and heartening response from the… Read more »
IndieBound tells us how to keep support indies during the outbreak
Times are tough—not just tough, but terribly uncertain. But some things remain unchanged, and one of them is that we are never going to stop championing independent bookstores. So with… Read more »
Edmund de Waal mourns lost British libraries in latest installation
Contemporary artist Edmund de Waal, known mostly for his installations of row upon row of porcelain vessels, has a new installation on view at the British Museum. This time around,… Read more »
PenguinTeen goes viral on TikTok and you are now officially old
Hello, everyone. We come to you this bright Monday morning to sit you down and remind you of your advancing age and terminally increasing lethargy. Grab a coffee—let’s break it… Read more »