Kazuo Ishiguro’s Remains of the Day thrives on a new stage
Ishiguro fans get treated well. From countless movie adaptations to a Nobel prize, their beloved author has thankfully received his due. Like many, I’m fascinated by Ishiguro’s range, capable of… Read more »
Arise, Sir Tim, Lord of Bookshops: The founder of Waterstones has been knighted
I hope you sent a card. Last week was Queen Elizabeth’s “official” birthday! Her Royal Highness gets two birthdays: the actual day she was born (April 21st) and the second Saturday in June… Read more »
Nobel laureates pen an open letter to the Turkish president, calling for the acquittal of writers sentenced to life in prison
A group of thirty-eight Nobel laureates, including JM Coetzee, Wole Soyinka, Svetlana Alexievich, Mario Vargas Llosa, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Elfriede Jelinek have signed an open letter to Turkish President Recep… Read more »
Kazuo Ishiguro wins the Nobel — good news for Ishiguro fans, bad news for Atwood fans, complicated news for Ursula Le Guin
The world has a new Nobel laureate in literature. Some people are excited, some people are pissed, and some people just went to see The Book of Mormon. On Thursday,… Read more »
Philip Roth sits with his agent: A modest vignette
The morning of Thursday, October 5, 2017. Philip Roth sits across from his longtime literary agent Andrew Wiley. At eighty-four years old, Roth is once again considered a top contender… Read more »
London bookshop offers one lucky reader free books for life
London’s Heywood Hill bookshop is turning eighty, and to commemorate, they’ve launched a new Library of a Lifetime contest. One lucky winner will get a newly released hardcover, every month,… Read more »
New York Public Library Library Lions Gala honors Atwood, Eggers, Ishiguro, Robert B. Silvers, and Anna Deavere Smith
The New York Public Library held its annual Library Lions gala on Monday night, presenting honors to Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers, Kazuo Ishiguro, Robert B. Silvers, and Anna Deavere Smith. New York… Read more »
What will be sold at Amazon’s New York non-store?
Last week, we brought news of a major leap into the future from those brave, bold innovators at Amazon: the creation of New York’s first-ever pop-up shop/storage facility/product takeout space/kitchenware… Read more »
Faber & Faber launches a pop-up bookshop
If you only read one blog post about pop-up stores, read this story about small mom-and-pop operation Amazon.com, which has decided to open a pop-up store in New York that… Read more »
Yinka Shonibare’s beautiful batik library
A new installation by the British artist Yinka Shonibare celebrates the cultural contributions of immigrants through a medium we can never get enough of: brightly-colored books. Installed in the library… Read more »