by Editor | Apr 6, 2024 | Literary News
from Atlas Obscura 6 Badass Librarians Who Changed History They will not be shushed. BY APRIL WHITE LIBRARIANS HAVE NEVER BEEN A quiet bunch: Information, after all, is power. To mark National Library Week—typically celebrated the second full week of April—Atlas...
by Editor | Dec 12, 2023 | Literary News
from The Free Press The Fight for the Future of Publishing Ideological fanatics and fear have crippled the major houses. But new book publishers are rising up to take the risks they won’t. By Alex Perez Illustration by Monsieur Collage for The Free Press On September...
by Editor | Nov 13, 2023 | Literary News
from The Epoch Times Incredibly Rare First English Astronomy Book, Published 467 Years Ago, Sells for Thousands By SWNS A 467-year-old astronomy book—which was the first ever to be written in English—has fetched 10,000 pounds (approx. $12,000) at auction. The...
by Editor | Nov 12, 2023 | Literary News, Weirdness
from InsideHook One of the Greatest Inventors of Our Time Disappeared. This New Book Explores Why. Douglas Brunt on writing “The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel” BY TOBIAS CARROLL Imagine the shock if an inventor and businessman who had the ears of countless world...
by Editor | Nov 1, 2023 | Literary News
from The New Yorker How Has Big Publishing Changed American Fiction? A new book argues that corporate publishing has transformed what it means to be an author. By Kevin Lozano n 1989, Gerald Howard had been a book editor for about ten years, and his future filled him...
by Editor | Oct 19, 2023 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from InsideHook Inside the Hunt for the World’s Most Prolific Art Thief Stephane Breitwieser is believed to have stolen hundreds of artifacts, worth a total of $2 billion BY RALPH JONES Get lost in the suspense of “The Art Thief.” From the moment he read...
