Literature

Last week, we wrote about the Reading Rainbow documentary, titled Butterfly in the Sky, and how it was being released in select AMC theaters on March 17th. Well, now there’s a trailer! In between early clips from the show and its iconic theme song playing, LeVar Burton and other Reading Rainbow creators talk about how

Once, when I was very stuck on a book I was writing, I went shopping for a pair of pants. I didn’t know it, but the store I went to was running a promotion: Buy a pair of pants and get a free notebook. Or maybe it was: Spend a certain amount of money and

It’s been awhile since we got new Murakami, but we won’t have to wait much longer: Haruki Murakami’s first novel in six years will hit shelves this fall. The City and Its Uncertain Walls will be published this November by Harvill Secker, a novel billed as “an ode to books and to the libraries that

The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: Italian novelist, playwright, journalist and screenwriter Ennio Flaiano is born. Flaiano is perhaps best known for his work with Federico Fellini.  Caroline Carlson recommends ten new books out in March for children of all ages. | Lit Hub Reading Lists “To you, mind you. Always, /

Book Deals This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Today’s Featured Book Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Book Deals Previous Daily Deals View original source here

March 4, 2024, 12:39pm In news both thrilling and topical, it turns out that the great 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson and the twenty-first-century American bard Taylor Swift are related. Since Taylor is about to release an album called The Tortured Poets Department, this news could not, frankly, come at a better time. According

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Netflix is releasing a limited series based on The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. Ripley stars Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley, Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf, and Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood. It’s written and directed by

March 4, 2024, 2:00pm Over 500 members of the KidLit community—including Sabaa Tahir, Angie Thomas, and Jason Reynolds—have signed an open letter to the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, calling for the organization to break its silence on the ongoing genocide in Gaza, which has so far claimed the lives of over 13,000 children. The

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Deals Deals Mar 4, 2024 This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Today’s Featured Deals $2.99 Princess of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson Get This Deal $1.99 Mort by Terry Pratchett Get This Deal $2.99 Alien Sex by Ellen Datlow Get

When their manager at big-box store Town Square announces that he’s leaving, the members of Team Movement see their opening. Chronically exhausted from shifts that start at 3:55 am and chronically under-scheduled because Corporate doesn’t want to pay for benefits, they vie to take over the management position and the increased pay and stability that

Book Deals This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Today’s Featured Book Deal In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Book Deals Previous Daily Deals View original source here

Book Deals This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Today’s Featured Book Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Book Deals Previous Daily Deals View original source here

Young Adult Deals Deals Mar 2, 2024 This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. $2.99 The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar Get This Deal $2.99 Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World by Kelly Jensen Get This Deal $2.99 All The

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. This originally appeared in our Today in Books daily newsletter, where each day we round up the most interesting stories, news, essays, and other goings on in the world of books and reading. Sign up here if you want to get

Book Deals This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Today’s Featured Book Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Book Deals Previous Daily Deals View original source here

On February 14, the Jewish Book Council announced an initiative “for authors, pub­lish­ers, publicists, agents, edi­tors, and read­ers to report anti­se­mit­ic lit­er­ary-relat­ed inci­dents.” “Anti­semitism,” says the Jewish Book Council, is defined as “prej­u­dice against or hatred of Jewish peo­ple.” But what counts as antisemitic language? Interpretations differ. Some Jewish organizations like the Anti Defamation League

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I can’t believe we’re at the end of month two of the 2024 Read Harder Challenge! Despite writing these updates every week, it still seems to be sneaking up on me. As always, this week I have my

February 29, 2024, 10:37am Get out your bucket hats: Sally Rooney has a new novel! Intermezzo will be arriving September 24 from FSG (and Knopf in Canada, and Faber in the UK). You are likely familiar with Rooney’s work, but just in case you need a reminder or recently woke up from a decades-long nap,