Articles tagged “today elsewhere”
A perfectly nice, well-intentioned rant about hyphens.
Reports of the death of the novel have been greatly exaggerated.
Related: the Golden Age for writers is…right now.
Judith Landry on the strange music of Finnish, translation as walking a tightrope and the experience of translating Diego Marani’s New Finnish Grammar.
Michiko Kakutani writes a review in verse, Salon points out that she always seems to go a little crazy around the holidays.
A bookseller’s lament: no one gives me books.
The other careers of famous writers.
Fun fact: over a third of ereaders are used just once before being set aside.
Some fictional names are filled with semantic clues about the nature of their owners: you know that someone called Gradgrind will not be an advocate of child-centred learning, and that Luke Skywalker will not stay long on Tatooine. What’s in a literary name?
The longlist for the 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award has been announced. Congratulations to Kate Grenville (Sarah Thornhill), Carol Birch (Jamrach’s Menagerie), Elizabeth Haynes (Into the Darkest Corner), S. J. Watson (Before I Go to Sleep) and David Whitehouse (Read more
The scandal of the 1962 National Book Awards: a controversy that involved the most powerful man in publishing, a famous journalist eager to take credit and a cub reporter who would go on to become one of the most celebrated writers of our time.
Our favourite author-who-is-also-a-sitting-US-President has just been elected for another four-year term. Congratulations, Team Obama!
Peter Ubel, author of Critical Decisions : How You and Your Doctor Can Make the Right Medical Choices Together, asks: Read more
Listen to Ramona Koval talk with Phillip Adams about her new book, By the Book: A Reader’s Guide to Life.
Louis Vuitton has opened a literary salon in Paris.
I love you so much I want you to eat my organs. Forks and knives are in the top drawer, Sue. Read more
So the Random House / Penguin merger is now official. Here’s what it means for writers, agents, publishers and readers.
How bookstores choose their books.
Are you studying Bernard Beckett? Lucky you: he’s prepared notes on character, theme and turning points.
