January 21, 2015

After six years and 2,500 redactions, the first book by an imprisoned detainee is in print. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, also known as prisoner number 760, has unveiled the details of his experience… Read more »

Authors

Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix — Liam O'Brien
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover — Kait Howard
Amazon picks up The Last Tycoon adaptation, casts Kelsey Grammer in lead — Liam O'Brien
Castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga denies eating his companion — Taylor Sperry

Anxious governments: Japan seeks to remove “comfort women” from textbooks and history

Zeljka Marosevic

Last week we covered the removal of nature words from Oxford Junior Dictionary and Oxford University Press’s new policy regarding culturally sensitive subjects; discussing the week’s news yesterday, Alex Shephard… Read more »

The Art of the Novella challenge 11: The Awakening

Jonathan Gibbs

Title: The Awakening Author: Kate Chopin First published: 1899 Page count: 214 First line: A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and… Read more »

Contextless answers from Haruki Murakami’s advice column

Julia Fleischaker

“I’ve wished that I could be the wind, but I’ve never wanted to be a cat. I’ve also never wanted to be a chikuwabu.” “I saw when the Chili Peppers took… Read more »

Vancouver’s flagship Chapters store to close, with plans to reopen

Nick Davies

In the face of increasing rents for retail space, the flagship location of a major Canadian book chain has announced that it will shut down as of this summer. Mike… Read more »

Melville House Books

Guantanamo Bay prisoner’s book released

Kirsten Reach