In new documentary Hello, Bookstore, a small Massachusetts shop is observed over an extended period as Covid-19 threatens to close it forever. Read more
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Andy Serkis is bringing this 1996 Elizabeth McCracken novel to the big screen
…the 58-year-old “King of Post-Human Acting” will direct a movie adaptation of Elizabeth McCracken’s acclaimed literary romance, The Giant’s House. A 1950s-set love story about “a little librarian on Cape Cod and the tallest boy in the world,” McCracken’s debut novel was a National Book Award finalist back in 1996 and received rave reviews in The New Yorker, The San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, and elsewhere. Adding to the star-wattage of this project, Oscar-nominated novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby will pen the script. Read more
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How Word Puzzles Tickle the Brain and Satisfy the Soul
A.J. Jacobs on the Joy of Playing With Words. Read more
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Rare proof sheets of first Harry Potter book expected to sell for £20,000
The ‘fascinating insight into what was to become an iconic work’ is the only known surviving copy of its kind and is to be auctioned along with a first edition signed by Rowling. Read more
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Author Don Winslow Announces Retirement From Book Writing To Focus On Political Videos
Bestselling author Don Winslow has announced that the two already-written sequels to his current novel City On Fire will be his last books. Read more
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Trans author ‘burns JK Rowling alive’ in horror novel based on killing ‘radical feminists’
The novel is described on Amazon as “a timely, powerful response to every gender-based apocalypse story that failed to consider the existence of transgender and non-binary people, from a powerful new voice in horror”. Read more
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Jon Stewart, Who Revolutionized Political Satire, Wins Mark Twain Prize
The ceremony for the Mark Twain Prize, one of comedy’s top honors, celebrated Mr. Stewart’s achievements on “The Daily Show” and his activism on behalf of veterans and 9/11 emergency workers. Read more
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The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies
With a spellbinding, thriller-like presentation supported by painstaking research, Fischer puts forth evidence to try to unravel the mystery of Le Prince’s life and death. Deftly organized facts, coupled with the technical minutiae of filmmaking, reveal fascinating details of Le Prince’s life and the challenges faced in his work, while also exposing the mysterious circumstances surrounding his disappearance. Fischer’s stellar, suspenseful narrative is a work of art unto itself that finally gives Le Prince–and the impact of his often overlooked, cut-short creative genius–his due. Read more
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The Antiquarian Book Fair: From Sondheim’s Letters to a Brontë Discovery
The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, which returns to the Park Avenue Armory this weekend after a two-year pandemic hiatus, is one of the world’s leading gatherings of the rare book tribe. For more casual visitors, it can also be an experience of dizzying information overload. Read more
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Lauren Groff has won the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize
The Prize honors a mid-career author of fiction “who has earned a distinguished reputation and the widespread praise of readers and reviewers” and grants a $50,000 award to support current and future work. Read more
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