- NBCC shortlists announced… oddly, I know only one title on the poetry list, so best get the credit card out;
- A whisper of astonishment and longing spread among the feminist portion of the crowd: Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s private library is for sale;
- European pubs want tougher digital protections for books;
- Ireland gets “new” fiction laureate in Colm Tóibín;
- Consequences strike as author loses publisher;
- Celeste Ng and Ian MacEwan are gearing up for new books;
- Winning the Costa First Novel Award: better than working for Apple;
- Edgar Allen Poe awards;
- Wait there’s a new movie about a poet? Just imagine the budget line for beer and cheese and crackers;
- Uncle Bill hosts impromptu poetry reading in Washington Square;
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