July 12, 2013

Sometimes, it seems, you just have to get a lawyer. After a year of protests from all kinds of individuals and organizations against the New York Public Library’s Central Library… Read more »

Libraries & librarians

University of Iowa president makes badly-timed joke, librarian calls him out — Chad Felix
Tolstoy’s great-great-granddaughter organizes four-day marathon reading of War and Peace — Ena Brdjanovic
French Booksellers Association releases reading list meant to shed light on Paris attacks — Kait Howard
Uproar over publication of Haruki Murakami's high school library records — Liam O'Brien

Dickens, Dostoevsky and deception: is this man the greatest literary fake?

Zeljka Marosevic

In 2011, when the New York Times reviewed Claire Tomalin’s biography of Charles Dickens, the review included a description, quoted by Tomalin in the book, of an encounter between Dickens and… Read more »

@JoanDidion goes out with a bang (thanks, WSJ!)

Kirsten Reach

Running a fake Twitter account for a writer is hardly likely to make you famous, but the Twitter community collectively cackled yesterday after @JoanDidion was mistaken for the real Joan… Read more »

Neal Conan nostalgia: Talk of the Nation author interviews

Claire Kelley

Last week, Neal Conan delivered a farewell address after 11 years on the air to the three million NPR listeners who tune in to Talk of the Nation every day.… Read more »

Charlie Kaufman and Guillermo Del Toro might adapt Slaughterhouse-Five (but they probably won’t)

Michael Seidlinger

The moment fans of Kurt Vonnegut heard the news, they likely exhaled in relief: Guillermo Del Toro and Charlie Kaufman joining up for an adaptation of Slaughterhouse-Five? Nothing but good… Read more »

Melville House Books

Second lawsuit filed against the Central Library Plan

Sal Robinson