The latest scintillating chapter in the Fifty Shades series is royalty fraud
No publishing phenomenon—or really any phenomenon—can escape the tinge of litigation. Controversy can move pretty slowly, though. It’ll probably be years before coloring book guru Johanna Basford gets sued for… Read more »
A reading list for Rory Gilmore
The rumours had been raging all summer but it was only a couple of weeks ago that Netflix confirmed it would be reuniting the cast of Gilmore Girls for four… Read more »
‘Go Set A Watchman’ breaks sales records, probably makes Dan Brown cry
On Tuesday, amid controversy and excitement, Harper Lee’s Go Set A Watchman was released to the world. From bookshops to grocery stores in mid-Missouri, it seems that Watchman is available pretty much everywhere.It turns… Read more »
Two for Tuesday: How banned are the banned books?
Topics discussed: National Basketball Association, podcasts, In Our Time, Melvyn Bragg, You Must Remember This, Charles Manson, Karina Longworth, President Obama, WTF with Marc Maron, The Bugle, John Oliver, The Best Show with Tom Scharpling, W.… Read more »
I stole the new Fifty Shades book, and here’s what it’s about
When the news broke that Penguin Random House would be publishing Grey by E.L. James, a sequel/retelling/reboot/deboot? of the Fifty Shades trilogy written from Christian Grey’s POV, it was met by surprise, then massive… Read more »
50 Shades of literary theory: How the novel and the film reflect (and destroy) three centuries of theory
I watched the 50 Shades of Grey film on Wednesday evening, which sounds like a confession but is merely a statement of fact. It felt like the most natural conclusion… Read more »
ALA releases their list of the most challenged books of 2013
The American Library Association just released their annual “State of America’s Libraries” report, and with it, their annual list of the country’s most challenged books. According to the ALA, the… Read more »
Fifty Shades movie annoys people by not being filthy enough
It looks like the movie version of Fifty Shades of Grey is going to be less Skinemax, more Lifetime. According to reports from CinemaCon, where Universal Studios screened the first… Read more »
Fifty Shades of Grey now officially rubbish
Fifty Shades of Grey. Just when we thought no more bad stuff could come out of this book: first the monstrous book sales, then the media frenzy, then the film… Read more »
Random House profits up 75% on Fifty Shades sales
I was wrong. Last July I predicted that massive sales of E.L. James’ Fifty Shades trilogy might double Random House profits in 2012. Well, the numbers are finally out—and last… Read more »