“Grim, grim, grim”? What kind of endings do British audiences like?
British television audiences have experienced their fair share of the grim and gloomy in recent times. Scandi-crime exports such as ‘The Killing’ and ‘The Bridge’ brought hard violence and murder… Read more »
Arrest made in Mark Twain plaque theft
Over the weekend, the Elmira Police Department announced they had recovered the plaque that had been removed from Mark Twain’s grave between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Yesterday, we learned… Read more »
Melanie’s Marvelous Measles extols the benefits of preventable childhood disease
In the midst of a nationwide measles outbreak, currently at 121 people affected in 17 states plus Washington, DC, a book published in 2012 is getting renewed attention. In an author’s… Read more »
No second year for Toronto Book Fair
Last year, after the inaugural Inspire! Toronto International Book Fair, Canadian publishers were optimistic about the festival’s future. But on Monday, its organizers announced that the fair would not be… Read more »
Budgeting with F. Scott Fitzgerald
Yesterday Scribner Magazine republished this gem of a budget from F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. First published in The Saturday Evening Post on April 5, 1924, and this week it joins a… Read more »
