Zadie Smith ignores the internet; probably won’t read this
Zadie Smith, author of the acclaimed novels White Teeth and On Beauty, has added her name to the list of writers who snub social media and the internet. Covering a recent live event of Smith’s, Alison Flood over… Read more »
My news, your news, their news… But whose news can we trust?
We’ve written a lot about fake news in the wake of Donald Trump’s ascent to the presidency. But guess what — we’ve got more! A couple of weeks ago, the Reuters Institute released their Digital… Read more »
Writers can, and should, and do, wield both phone and pen
At some point—who knows exactly when—the Writer, a white-haired white man in this fantasy, became the poster child for thoughtful interiority and private life. This writer took his time. He… Read more »
Does Graywolf Press design book covers based on walls? (Or, where are all these walls in Minneapolis?)
Instagram can be a silly place. As I open it right now, its algorithm has picked something about #trampolines to recommend: a frat bro (shirtless, of course) and a girl, on a platform… Read more »
Authors behaving badly: British thriller writers embroiled in Internet feud
The Bookseller’s Katherine Cowdrey reports that a recent online squabble between three prominent British thriller writers has forced Hachette UK to issue a statement “condemning ‘harassment and intimidation of any kind.’ ”… Read more »
The next Zoella book is being published this November
The council of bookselling elders took their seats around the ceremonial stone table. The firelight cast a shifting, uneasy glow across the table’s surface, no doubt echoing the group’s collective… Read more »
Goosebumps author R.L. Stine pens scary story on Twitter
R.L. Stine, the popular author of the children’s horror series Goosebumps, has written his latest tale on Twitter. The appropriately titled “What’s In My Sandwich,” which gracefully unfolds in just… Read more »
Twitter user vows to tweet The Great Gatsby in full for some reason
A new Twitter account hit the web yesterday, boldly vowing to tweet F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby in full, one day at a time. The incredibly bored… Read more »
“Wake-up call” for Twitter from Jane Austen bank note campaigner
Caroline Criado-Perez ran a successful three-month campaign for Jane Austen to appear on a £10 note, and in the wake of her bank note victory, a sustained attack against her… Read more »
These tweets are not publishable
A statement on Teri Buhl’s Twitter profile claims that “No Tweets are Publishable.” Buhl, an investigative journalist covering finance and Wall Street, is now threatening to sue a lawyer for… Read more »