Disney inches toward world dominance with Fox acquisition
All around the world / we’ll go marching / who’s the leader of the club / that’s made for you and me / M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Yes, capitalism’s favorite anthropomorphic mouse continues… Read more »
Macmillan doubles down on true crime
Macmillan has announced the inclusion of another piece of programming for their ever-growing list of literary podcasts, and this time it’s true crime. Calvin Reid reports for Publishers Weekly that Case Closed… Read more »
Weigh yourself and talk about it
In a recent interview on CBS This Morning, climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe shared two simple starting points for making a positive impact on the environment. Weigh yourself, meaning weigh your… Read more »
Order, order! Publishers set to clean up in the wake of tidying craze
Ah, January. The holidays are over, and the only thing that remains are those weird chocolate liqueurs no-one wants to eat, and a nagging sense of regret: should I really have eaten… Read more »
Arron Banks criticises J.K. Rowling for having a writing room; professional writers criticise him right back
This week, Leave.eu co-founder and UKIP donor Arron Banks accused Harry Potter author J.K Rowling of being ‘pretentious’ after she made reference to her writing room on Twitter. Yes, really. In a tweet from November 28th Rowling stated, in reference to Brexit, that ‘every time I come out… Read more »
An ever-shifting online media landscape: BuzzFeed offers membership plan; Mic sold to Bustle
Announced earlier in November, BuzzFeed News is offering its readers exclusive access through a new subscription service, writes Anthony Ha at Techcrunch. According to Ha, readers of one of the newest sections of… Read more »
Roxy Jacenko book pulped due to error; publishers worldwide break out in cold sweat
Hot on the heels of our report about a batch of Super Mario-inspired poems printed with, ahem, extremely unexpected contents, it’s been another classic week for regrettable production errors. Falling unfortunately foul of the editorial… Read more »
A grown man in Iowa burned LGBTQ children’s books and live-streamed it on Facebook
Something is rotten in the state of Iowa. As we reported back in February of this year, homophobes petitioned to have books with LGBTQ themes removed from general circulation at… Read more »
‘Milkman’ by Anna Burns scoops a refreshingly unpredictable Booker Prize
This year’s Man Booker Prize has been one of frequent surprises.… Read more »
Eileen Myles on Instagram as a form of poetry
If you’re a poet and looking for some new spaces to share your work, maybe it’s time to give Instagram a try. So suggests award-winning American poet Eileen Myles, in an… Read more »