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Days of The Jackal: how Andrew Wylie turned serious literature into big business
Andrew Wylie, the world’s most renowned – and for a long time its most reviled – literary agent, is 76 years old. Over the past four decades, he has reshaped the business of publishing in profound and, some say, insalubrious ways. He has been a champion of highbrow books and unabashed commerce, making many great…
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Best Novels of 2023
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The $35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize Names Its 2024 Longlist
The Aspen Words Literary Prize in issue-driven fiction lists its seventh season’s longlist, with a winner announcement in April. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Brodeur: ‘Engaging, Illuminating, and Provocative’ While a small number of internationally significant fiction awards tend to focus on serious and meaningful work, the US$35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize is one…
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New Report Finds That Prisons Are the Biggest Books Censors in the U.S.
Book bans aren’t just on the rise in schools and public libraries. They’re happening in prisons, too. A new report by PEN American found that prisons “are the largest censors in the United States” and that single state prison systems “censor more books than all schools and libraries combined.” The report said that carceral censorship…
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“Boozy Book Fair” features Bookie’s at Rock Island Public House
Tapping a national trend, Rock Island Public House’s “Boozy Book Fair” Saturday, Nov. 11, is a binding of grown-ups seeking the latest in great literature while also sipping an adult beverage late afternoon. Partnering with Bookies, the popular independent bookstore in Beverly, Rock Island Public House owners will host the exclusive book fair from 4…
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Kitty Kelley Book Club: Literary Cocktail Party with Evan Thomas
The Washington Independent Review of Books held a literary salon at the home of Kitty Kelley on Oct. 29. The guest of honor was journalist, historian and author Evan Thomas, who worked for Time and Newsweek and was seen for years on “Inside Washington.” “Thank you all for coming today and supporting the Washington Independent…
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Want to get into reading romance? We asked NYT bestselling author Ali Hazelwood for some tips
If you ask someone to picture a romance novel, a lot of folks will imagine a cheap paperback with a dramatic cover. Maybe the folks on the front dressed in old fashioned clothes. Those following more recent publishing trends might conjure up images of bright covers, cartoon people, looping text. Romance novels have always been…
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Wanna Work at Powell’s Books in Portland? The Competition Is Steep.
The booksellers at Powell’s City of Books are no ordinary retail associates. Esoteric degrees and past lives are a norm, and without them, the store would be an indecipherable mountain of books or, worse, a Barnes & Noble. Whatever you’re seeking—guide to Slovenia, gem of the birding section, queer novel that reflects your own experience?—they…
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Need a book recommendation? Take the coolest, weirdest literary quiz on the internet.
November 8, 2023, 10:53am It’s November, which means that n+1 is back with Bookmatch, a weird and honestly very fun personality test that will, through important questions like “what finger are you” and “where did you leave your phone,” and with the help of people like Hernan Diaz, Deborah Eisenberg, Miranda July, John Early, and…
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Will the Garfield County sheriff arrest you for carrying graphic novels in public? No, not really
Supporters of restricting graphic novels at Garfield County Libraries claim Sheriff Lou Vallario will arrest anyone on site for carrying these books in public. Their claims permeated a regular Garfield County Commission meeting on Monday. “I have spoken to a person who said Sheriff Lou Vallario told them that if a child gets ahold of…