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Peter Greenaway to build racetrack tribute to Jack Kerouac book

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Film director working on racetrack as vast outdoor art installation inspired by cult classic On the Road [ ]

Humble Book Bundle: Digital Cameras & Photography by Wiley

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Pay what you want for awesome ebooks and support charity! [ ]

Tracing the Rise of a Guardian Hacker

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In “Breaking and Entering,” Jeremy Smith tells the story of a brilliant, larger-than-life computer scientist who runs her own boutique cybersecurity firm. [ ]

Book sales are up this year over last year, and physical books are thriving

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This is the best time for indie booksellers in years. [ ]

Good Omens isn't funny? That's hilarious

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Some early critics of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s novel said it was short of good lines. But we could spend all day citing prize zingers … [ ]

Stronger #eContentForLibraries

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Wondering why you can't borrow more eAudiobooks & eBooks from your public library? So are we. And we need your help to fix it. Help us demand great #eContentForLibraries from big publishers. [ ]

The Kentucky Bookstore Keeping Regional Literature Alive

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The literature of a region can play a large role in forming an area’s culture and how outsiders perceive it. It provides a written record for the present and the future. In Ashland,... [ ]

Review: On Being Mistaken by Laura Buccieri

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The Republic of Consciousness Prize 2019 longlist

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In December, the British Books Awards added a Best Small Press Category to their list. Their definition of a small press? A company with less than a million pounds a year in revenue.... [ ]

The Hunt for the Nazi Loot Still Sitting on Library Shelves

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The art stolen by the Nazis has gotten more attention, but millions of books were also looted from Jews, and others and have yet to be returned. [ ]

A Book That Captures the Singular Life of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin

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Colvin’s tumultuous life has inspired a number of recent accounts. But Lindsey Hilsum’s biography, “In Extremis,” seems to most accurately reflect her spirit. [ ]

How science fiction helps readers understand climate change

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Can imagined futures of drowned cities and solar utopias help us grasp the complexity of climate change? Diego Arguedas Ortiz takes a look. [ ]

After 24 Years, Scholar Completes 3,000-Page Translation Of The Hebrew Bible

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Literary scholar Robert Alter says he didn't think the existing English translations of the Bible did justice to the original Hebrew. So he spent nearly a quarter century writing his own — by hand. [ ]

Woman Carves Magical 'Little Free Library' Out Of 110-Year-Old Tree

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Woman creates library out of 110-year-old tree. [ ]

Why Literature Professors Turned Against Authors — Or Did They? - Los Angeles Review of Books

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The intentions of authors still matter, no matter what the critics say. [ ]

Jason Reynolds is the superstar that literature needs right now

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Jason Reynolds didn't read a book until he was almost 18. At 35, his prolific run of best-sellers are inspiring new generations to reimagine their future. [ ]

Meet the hottest-tipped debut novelists of 2019

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Every January we talk to the writers of exceptional first novels and 2019, with only one man on our list, looks like being the year of women… [ ]

Why 1984 Isn't Banned in China

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Censorship in the country is more complicated than many Westerners imagine. [ ]

Best-selling author Sherrilyn Kenyon tells fans she suspects her husband poisoned her

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Best-selling fantasy author Sherrilyn Kenyon believes her husband tried to poison her. [ ]

Can't Remember What You Read? Blame Font, Not Forgetfulness

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One study found that students recalled 57 percent of what they read in Sans Forgetica. [ ]

After Stephen King Tweeted at a Maine Paper for Cutting Book Reviews, It Gave Readers a ‘Scary Good’ Offer

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The Portland Press Herald in Maine said it would bring back its local book reviews if the author and his followers brought in 100 new subscriptions. They brought in twice that. [ ]

Telling the China Story: The Rise and Rise of Chinese Science Fiction | FactorDaily

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A very brief introduction to modern science fiction from the People’s Republic of China. [ ]

r/books - Does anyone understand those "movie in your head" readers? Are you one? Did you become one?

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Conan and the Little People: Robert E. Howard and Lovecraft’s Theory by Bobby Derie

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This theory is not generally agreed to, but I scarcely think that it has ever been disproved, and it was upon this that my story “The Lost ... [ ]

James Joyce Picked Drunken Fights, Then Hid Behind Ernest Hemingway

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Ernest Hemingway seemed to feud with most of the prominent male artists of his time, from Wallace Stevens and T.S. Eliot to F. Scott Fitzgerald. [ ]

High School Transforms Hallways Into Iconic Book Covers - For Reading Addicts

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After tweet from Stephen King, readers respond to Press Herald pitch

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The newspaper says it is restoring freelance reviews of Maine books in its Sunday edition, the Maine Sunday Telegram, after more than 100 readers subscribe online. [ ]

Inside 'The World's Most Beautiful Bookstore' In Argentina

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National Geographic has named El Ateneo Grand Splendid the top shop in the world. But that's only where the history of the 100-year-old Buenos Aires building, once a palatial theater, begins. [ ]

The vandals destroying libraries should have the book thrown at them | Catherine Bennett

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A great public service is being run down by a state that prefers cost-cutting to culture [ ]

Forget Paris: A stroll through Tel Aviv’s best secondhand bookstores

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