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Top 10 Controversies That Stirred the Literary World
Top 10 Controversies That Stirred the Literary World (Picture Credit – Instagram) The literary world, which is sometimes portrayed as a peaceful haven of academic endeavour and artistic expression, is not immune to scandals that have rattled its foundations and stirred extensive debate. From plagiarism charges to public outcries over text judged obscene or improper,…
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7 Novels Inspired by the Bible
The Bible and fairytales are the oldest stories we have in the West. They serve as our culture’s myths, providing a familiar, guided path for centuries of writers. Retellings can breathe a new life into what was once flat and staid. Characters from the Bible and fairytales can feel one-dimensional. With retellings, the writer has…
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Our Bunnies, Ourselves
We have a complicated relationship with bunnies. On the one hand, we keep them as preschool companions, expect them to deliver candy one Sunday every spring and, in later years, read perennial bunny best sellers to our children, from “Pat the Bunny,” “I Am a Bunny” and “The Runaway Bunny” to “Guess How Much I…
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Berkeley’s Small Press Distribution, Champion of Indie Books, Shuts Down
Updated Friday 6 p.m. Small Press Distribution (SPD), the 55-year-old nonprofit literary distributor, has closed its doors effective immediately. A reduced team is winding down business operations. “We know this news is both sudden and devastating,” read the March 28 announcement on the SPD website. “Several years of declining sales and the loss of grant…
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52 works of Canadian fiction coming out in spring 2024
Check out these Canadian novels and short story collections coming out in spring 2024. Broughtupsy is a novel by Christina Cooke. (House of Anansi Press, Eli Jules) In the novel Broughtupsy, the death of her brother brings Akúa home to Jamaica after a decade. There, she struggles to reconnect with her estranged sister while they spread…
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The 2024 Lambda Literary Awards Shortlists Are Here
The finalists across 26 categories for the 36th annual Lambda Literary Awards are here. The Lambdas–colloquially known as the Lammys–celebrate the best of queer literature. This year, 130 different titles are being named as finalists across the categories, which include everything from LGBTQ+ comic books to gay memoir, lesbian fiction to LGBTQ+ children’s books and…
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For Book Recommendations, People Are Always Better Than Algorithms
The best kinds of books are the ones with attributes that are unquantifiable, which is a big reason why people are so much better at recommendations than algorithms are. There are so many different things to like (or dislike) about a work, special qualities that go beyond plot and setting and genre that can’t be…
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Like My Book Title? Thanks, I Borrowed It.
Literary allusions are everywhere. What are they good for? You see it everywhere, even if you don’t always recognize it: the literary allusion. Quick! Which two big novels of the past two years borrowed their titles from “Macbeth”? Nailing the answer — “Birnam Wood” and “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” — might make you feel…
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The 22 Best Book Covers of March
Another month of books, another month of book covers. March has been one of the best months in recent memory for books—and the same is true for the covers. Here’s an unusually long list of favorites from the last few weeks: <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="234886" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-22-best-book-covers-of-march/818fphe0rrl-_sl1500_/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/818fPHE0rRL._SL1500_.jpg" data-orig-size="450,695" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="818fPHE0rRL._SL1500_" data-image-description data-image-caption=" Tomás Q.…
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Netflix’s One Day is just one of this year’s brilliant book adaptations
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