
- Lots of awards news coming in the next weeks, including the Giller shortlist, being announced today… watch live here;
- Victoria book prize winners;
- Who’s your money on the for the Nobel?;
- ‘Ninja fav Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black gets Hulu adaptation;
- Behold! The Book Blob! (they look like Kleenex boxes to me);
- Deals ramp up ahead of wave at Frankfurt;
- Whew, we finally get to read Grapes of Wrath in a less legible format;
- Given Boomer interest still drives culture, I suspect we’ll be seeing lots more articles like this, in which old people are held up as heroes for simply continuing to live their lives;
- Time to give back? Should you be sitting on your local library board?;
- On Sally Rooney, white women, and the myth of universality;
- Ever wanted Jack Reacher Guy’s views on the origin of fiction?;
- Ever wanted Dave Eggers’ views on how technology is like a crappy boyfriend?;
- What do you think of Joan Didion’s backlist makeover?;