Fake Penguin publicist catfishes bloggers (to get reviews for her own book)
Beware a publicist bearing false credentials. The YA blog world is dealing with a catfishing situation. A blogger named Jon at Bookish Antics, writes of the odd bait and switch (that,… Read more »
Saudi men kicked out of book fair for heckling female poet
Amy X. Wang at Quartz reports that a heckler at the Jeddah International Book Fair had the tables turned on him when, instead of rallying the crowd against a female… Read more »
This year’s publishing trend—the remarkably lengthy novel
You might have heard about a book that came out recently—a little thing called City on Fire (944 pages)? Or, maybe you read something about A Little Life (rather big,… Read more »
Public radio legend Diane Rehm announces her retirement
After a 30 year career that has allowed her to interview politicians, presidents, and cultural icons, public radio host Diane Rehm has announced that she’ll be retiring from her eponymous… Read more »
Tweet by JK Rowling helps fund a book on race and immigration
Richard Lea at The Guardian reports that a donation and accompanying tweet from JK Rowling has helped fully fund a campaign for a book called The Good Immigrant. According to… Read more »
Reddit troll spends a year obsessively posting about Infinite Jest
What happens when you can’t tell a troll from the people they’re making fun of? At The Daily Dot, Miles Klee introduces us to to jeremy1122, a Reddit troll who… Read more »
Los Angeles Public Library to dedicate a branch to poet Wanda Coleman
The Ascot Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library will be dedicated to Wanda Coleman, the woman often referred to as the “unofficial poet laureate” of Los Angeles. According to… Read more »
Call Me Ishmael says, “No really — call me!”
Back in 2014, two friends in Georgia set up a phone number and created Call Me Ishmael, a project that allowed people to call and leave a message describing a… Read more »
The hero caught reading Citizen on camera during a Trump rally
Have you seen the beautiful images of the woman sitting and reading a book directly behind Donald Trump during one of his—presumably—angry and racist rallies? In case you missed it, the… Read more »
British writer travels to Scotland to assault a teen reviewer with bottle of wine
Today in things-you-shouldn’t-have-to-tell-an-author: If you get a bad review, the best course of action is to take out a bottle of wine, open the bottle of wine, drink the bottle of wine.… Read more »