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Required Reading for the 2023 Portland Book Festival
The biggest literary event of the year is fast approaching. Have you done your homework? The Portland Book Festival brings an overwhelming dose of literary talent to town each year, across genres and age groups, and it’s all packed into one mad-dash day. With a staggering roster of over 100 different presenters, the energy around…
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Victor Brombert Reflects on a Lifetime of Literature Learning in New Book
Victor Brombert The book: A celebration of the lifelong literary career of Victor Brombert, The Pensive Citadel (University of Chicago Press) offers a variety of reflections from the beloved emeritus Princeton professor. A scholar of 19th and 20th century French literature, Brombert’s collection of essays touches on both his personal experience and the impact of…
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The Emptiness Of Literature Written For The Market
Kenneth Dillon is a writer from New York. This summer, Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of the bestselling divorce memoir “Eat, Pray, Love,” posted an unusual video to Instagram. Gilbert’s warm smile has become familiar to more than a million followers, but in the video she looks sullen as she describes her forthcoming novel, “The Snow…
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18 books by past CBC Short Story Prize winners and finalists from 2023
Being a finalist for the CBC Short Story Prize can jump-start your literary career. Need proof? Here are 18 books published in 2023 that were written by former CBC Short Story Prize winners and finalists. The 2024 CBC Short Story Prize is open for submissions until Nov. 1, 2023 at 4:59 p.m. ET. The CBC Short Story Prize recognizes original, unpublished works of fiction, up to 2,500 words…
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Five Twin Cities writers talk about children’s literature, banning books and barriers for BIPOC writers
The writers couldn’t be hotter and their topics couldn’t be more timely at the panel discussion “Navigating Worlds.” Ty Chapman, Art Coulson, Anika Fajardo, Shannon Gibney and Kao Kalia Yang — members of MN BIPOC Kidlit Creators, a local collective that connects people of color who write and illustrate children’s books — will gather at…
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Hit the BOOoo-ks: How the library can help you with your research
This weekend, you might be gearing up to host a movie marathon with your friends and debate which childhood Halloween classic is the best. Or maybe you’re a horror enthusiast who plans on curling up with a Stephen King book instead. Wherever your interests lie, Halloween is the perfect time to celebrate your love of…
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Former tavern transformed into bookstore in Turners Falls
The Recorder – Former tavern transformed into bookstore in Turners Falls News > Business <span class="lightgalleryimg" data-src="/getattachment/a7320219-27f8-47f1-8385-74621c251d58/UnnameableBooks10242023-ph01" data-sub-html="Co-owner Adam Tobin shelves books at Unnameable Books on Avenue A in Turners Falls. STAFF PHOTO/JULIAN MENDOZA “> Co-owner Adam Tobin shelves books at Unnameable Books on Avenue A in Turners Falls. STAFF PHOTO/JULIAN MENDOZA <span class="lightgalleryimg" data-src="/getattachment/1fea5c01-a115-4ae4-887e-01bed208498a/UnnameableBooks10242023-ph02"…
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Solid Stories: Why Board Books Are Key Developmental Tools
Give Me a Snickle! by Alisha Sevigny (Orca) So often board books are like the poor second cousin to picture books,” says Rachel Payne, coordinator of early childhood services at Brooklyn Public Library. She has heard parents make comments like, “I just like to stick with real books.” Adult opinions aside, board books are a…
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Mario Vargas Llosa says latest novel will be his last
Peru’s best-known living writer, the Nobel prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa, has announced that his seven-decade literary career is coming to an end and that his latest novel will be his last. In a postscript to the new book, Le dedico mi silencio (I Give You My Silence), the 87-year-old novelist writes: “I think I’ve…
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This London bookshop is dedicated to black children’s literature
“I had poured my heart and soul into creating a beautiful children’s book with a Black girl as the main character, proudly sporting her big, beautiful afro,” she says, writing in the Standard. “I was eager to introduce her to young readers who, like her, deserved to see themselves reflected in the pages of a…