The 1952 work by the Streetcar Named Desire playwright was found in Yale University’s archivesAs soon as he crossed the border into Italy, Tennessee Williams found his health was “magically restored”. “There was the sun and there were the smiling Itali…
So Sally Rooney’s racist? Only if you choose to confuse fiction with fact | Nick Cohen
The author is the latest to suffer an attempted ‘cancelling’, one born of malice and stupiditySocial media did not create informers and liars. The malicious have always manufactured denunciations and the literal-minded have always confused nuance with …
Malorie Blackman: ‘Hope is the spark’
Malorie Blackman, the former children’s laureate, talks to Sian Cain about finishing her Noughts & Crosses series after 20 years, being namechecked by Stormzy and what inspired her to keep going through years of rejectionMalorie Blackman is used to…
The Guardian view on changes to copyright law: book lovers beware | Editorial
A government proposal to ease restrictions on the sale of imported cultural works risks harming a world-class industryThe hoopla around the release of Sally Rooney’s new novel on Tuesday – with bookshops opening early, and queues of shoppers eager to l…
No one will read your book (and other truths about publishing)
Books compete in a crowded market for a sliver of our attention. “One of the biggest ironies about this business is that there are lots of people who want to become authors, but that doesn’t necessarily equate with the number of people who are voraciou…
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 …
Goodreads’ problem with extortion scams and review bombing
How Extortion Scams and Review Bombing Trolls Turned Goodreads Into Many Authors’ Worst Nightmare (Time) Scammers and cyberstalkers are increasingly using the Goodreads platform to extort authors with threats of “review bombing” their work–and they are…
INKR draws in $3.1M to make more comics accessible to worldwide audiences
INKR is a digital comics platform that crosses cultural and language divides, enabling creators to reach global audiences with its proprietary localization technology. Previously bootstrapped, the company announced today that it has raised $3.1 million in pre-Series A funding led by Monk’s Hill Ventures, with participation from manga distributor TokyoPop founder and chief executive Stu […]
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Introducing Name Drop: A Daily Trivia Game from the New Yorker Archive link for above, and “daily” means “new quizzes are released every weekday, Monday through Friday.” Email come-on runs:
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