If you’ve never been to a Literary Death Match, you are seriously missing out; but luckily, you might have the chance to see one on TV soon. Co-created by Todd… Read more »

Last week, Publishers Weekly named E.L. James, author of the Fifty Shades of Grey series, PW’s publishing person of the year. You may have your own opinion of this turn of… Read more »

Many of us have spent more time reading about Kingsely Amis’ reputation as a high-minded philandering boozehound than we have reading his books. Of his estimable output, this reader must… Read more »

David Rees, the world’s best and only artisanal pencil sharpener, came to Brooklyn on Monday, and gave the audience at Pete’s Candy Store an hour-long demonstration on the many techniques involved… 1 / Read more »

At the time of writing, a Battle of Ideas is being fought at London’s totally dreamy Free Word Centre. The question: ‘Is it ever valid to judge literature with reference… 1 / Read more »

Here’s an idea whose time has definitely come. Via Shelf Awareness, we found out yesterday that Word bookstore in Brooklyn is starting a new reading series next month that’s sure… 1 / Read more »

How do you take a 265,000-word novel and condense it into manageably sized, 140-character chunks? That’s the question one man seeks to answer this Thursday, June 16th, or Bloomsday, the… 1 / Read more »

In an article over at the Millions, Kevin Hartnett has interviewed students from the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. These graduates are significant because they were present at what has become… Read more »

Fledgling press Calypso Editions is publishing Building the Barricade and Other Poems, a new translation of Anna Swir’s breathtaking poems about the Warsaw Uprising in which hundreds of thousands of Polish resistance… 2 / Read more »

UK science fiction author Stephen Hunt is proud to call himself a ‘genre’ author. Since the launch of World Book Night last month, he has spearheaded a campaign heavily criticising… 4 / Read more »