Lewis Carroll’s “Alice” comes to the Morgan Library
For the first time in 30 years, the original manuscript of Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland will travel from London’s British Library to the Morgan Library in New York,… Read more »
Should publishers be responsible for fact-checking their books?
Unlike magazine articles, books are not routinely fact-checked, and when they are, it’s usually at the initiative (and expense) of the author himself. Copyeditors check basic facts—names, dates, places, matters… Read more »
After Charleston, Amazon joins Wal-Mart, Sears, eBay and others in taking Confederate flag off the market
After the fatal shooting of nine black people at Emmanuel African Methodist Church in Charleston, SC, last week, Amazon announced on Tuesday that it will join Wal-Mart, Sears, Target, eBay,… Read more »
And Other Stories takes on Shamsie’s “Year of Publishing Women” challenge
Last week, we reported on novelist Kamila Shamsie’s call to make 2018 “The Year of Publishing Women”–a year in which publishers around the world agree to publish only books by… Read more »
3rd grade teacher resigns after parents protest a gay-themed fairy tale
After noticing derogatory gay stereotyping among his 3rd grade students, North Carolina teacher Omar Currie read the children’s book King and King to his class. In King and King, “a… Read more »
“We don’t want to hear, ‘I can’t find any’ ever again, okay?”
A really great and important thing happened last week: Bijan Stephen, Jazmine Hughes, Durga Chew-Bose, Vijith Assar, and Buster Bylander launched “Writers of Color,” a platform “to create more visibility… Read more »
Juan Felipe Herrera is “going to do a back flip” into his new Poet Laureate appointment
Yesterday the Library of Congress appointed Juan Felipe Herrera as the Library’s 21st Poet Laureate. Former Librarian of Congress head James. H. Billington said in his announcement: I see in Herrera’s… Read more »
2018: The Year of Publishing Women?
Recently, we’ve reported on how “Women seem to have literary cooties.” Novels written from a female perspective are less likely to win literary prizes; female authors are reviewed with less… Read more »
More new/old stuff from Harper Lee available for purchase
The discovery of an “exceptionally rare” collection of letters from Harper Lee marks another occasion to celebrate the beloved and famously private author of To Kill a Mockingbird. On June 12th,… Read more »
New children’s books by, for, and about transgender kids
The New York Times reports that children’s books are starting to catch up to broader cultural shifts by addressing gender fluidity, which, until recently, had “remained one of the last… Read more »