Rearguard Action For God

from NewStatesman The books of revelations: why are novelists turning back to religion? There is a sense that, in recent years, novelists have formed part of a rearguard action in response to Richard Dawkins’s New Atheist consensus. Philip Maughan talks to Marilynne...

Frey On Kobo

from Kobo.com The Many Sides of Endgame 5 Questions with author James Frey James Frey (left) and Nils Johnson-Shelton It all started with a simple goal: create an “experience.” After all is said and done however Endgame, the much anticipated new YA series by James...

JetBooks

from Publishers Weekly HarperCollins to Provide Content for JetBlue HarperCollins Publishers has signed on as the exclusive book content partner for JetBlue’s new inflight wi-fi program, Fly-Fi, which provides content to airline passengers. Beginning November...

“Writers who can remember freedom”

from parker higgins dot net “We will need writers who can remember freedom”: Ursula K Le Guin at the National Book Awards Ursula K. Le Guin was honored at the National Book Awards tonight and gave a fantastic speech about the dangers to literature and how they can be...

Amazon Books .book

from Sky News Amazon Wins Right To Sell .Book Domain Names The online retailer pays up to $10m at a private auction for the right to control and sell domains ending in .book. One of the online retailer’s massive fulfilment centres Amazon has won the right to...