The writer was best known for the much-loved picture book Peace at Last and the Worst Witch series of novels ‘I just wanted to have a book on the shelf’ | Jill Murphy Beloved children’s author and illustrator Jill Murphy has died at the age of 72. Murp…
Advance copies of Sally Rooney’s unpublished book sold for hundreds of dollars
Uncorrected proofs of upcoming novels have been selling for large sums on eBay and Depop – despite the practice being banned by publishersWhen advance reading copies (ARCs) of Sally Rooney’s new novel Beautiful World, Where Are You were sent out in May…
The Women of Troy by Pat Barker review – bleak and impressive
In the sequel to her Iliad retelling The Silence of the Girls, told from the perspective of captured queen Briseis, Barker moves on from war to its aftermathTroy has fallen. Its warriors, even its unborn male babies, are all dead. The mutilated body of…
NPR’s 50 best SF and Fantasy books of the decade
Let’s find something new to read! NPR assembled a list of the best Science Fiction and Fantasy books of the last decade. See anything you like?
The Challenge With Most Books is Getting Anyone to Read Them
For years, a mysterious figure has been stealing books before their release. Is it espionage? Revenge? Or a complete waste of time? … “If you try to find financial and economic gain, it’s of course hard to see,” said Daniel Sandstrom, the literary di…
Werner Herzog to tell story of Japanese soldier who refused to surrender
The German film director has announced two new books: a memoir and The Twilight World, about a remarkable second world war officerWerner Herzog is writing a book about Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who took three decades to surrender after the end …
Top 10 books about family life | Stephen Walsh
From parents who meddle in their children’s relationships to ex-wives who loom over second marriages, families in fiction can be just as complicated as they are in real lifeUncomplicated, happy families are not to be found in most books – no more than …
Goo Dreads
Close up of a burning book by wuestenigel (cc by)Speaking as an author here: I hate Goodreads and want it to die. — cstross in bitteschoen’s post on Goodreads’ problem with extortion scams and review bombing
The Mysterious Figure Stealing Books Before Their Release
For years, a mysterious figure has been stealing books before their release. Is it espionage? Revenge? Or a complete waste of time? Vulture: On the spectrum of cyberattacks, this one wasn’t very complex. There was no malicious software or actual hackin…
ビジネスに名文はいらぬ…マニュアル的に必要十分な文章を書く3つの鉄則
＜「伝える」ことが目的のビジネス文書に、名文は不要だ。にもかかわらず、うまく書こうとしてムダな努力を重ねていないだろうか。コツさえつかめば、誰でも「相手を動かす文章」は書けるようになる＞ SNSの普及により、老いも若きも玄人も素人も、文章を書く機会が増えた。SNSに投稿するかは別にしても、リモートワークが日常になった今、文字ベースでのやりとりがこれまで以上に重要になっていることは間違いない。 上司や同僚、取引先からこんな指摘を受けたことはないだろうか？ 「結局、何が言いたいのか？」 「根拠が弱い！」…