Just guess how many Kickstarter dollars went to publishing projects last year
Ten dollars. No, you goon! TWENTY TWO MILLION. Publishing projects were the third most common projects funded on Kickstarter in 2014, reported by Charlotte Eyre of The Bookseller. There were fewer… Read more »
Joan Didion is the face of Céline’s new ad campaign
Everyone is breathless about the ads designed by Phoebe Philo for French fashion label Céline. That’s because they feature the literary legend Joan Didion as the cover girl. “We can die… Read more »
Play it if it pays: Joan Didion documentary crowdfunded on Kickstarter
Kickstarter is a powerful website, and its awesome crowdfunding power has, on occasion, been deployed toward some pretty odd ends. But for every Missy Elliott-themed tracksuit and Ron Paul-themed video game… Read more »
Leon Panetta’s memoir kind of goes after Obama, has great title
The publishing industry has many unsung heroes, but some of the most unsung, and the most heroic, are the people that have to come up with titles of political memoirs.… Read more »
Literature of the “departure lounge”
Clive James knows he doesn’t have much time left to write. He was diagnosed with leukemia and emphysema in 2010, but he says he’s feeling pretty optimistic about it, even… Read more »
@JoanDidion goes out with a bang (thanks, WSJ!)
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 »
Literary L.A.: 72 suburbs in search of an author
The L.A. Times just unveiled an interactive map of literary L.A., just in case you happen to be there for the L.A. Times Festival of Books. Or, if you’re not, you… Read more »
Bob Woodward: Is the jig finally up?
How reliable is Bob Woodward? From the very first there have been those who thought, well, he was making shit up. Lots of people questioned whether there ever really was… Read more »