Flanagan Echoes
Fears Over Booker Change: The Australian winner of this year’s
Man Booker prize has repeated the concerns of his compatriot Peter Carey about
the fate of literature from “smaller cultures” in the wake of the decision to
allow American novels to compete for the prize.
Google vs.
Amazon: Google thinks Amazon is its biggest competitor,
according to Slate's Alison Griswold.
China Said to Be
Blacklisting Authors: China has detained a prominent scholar who
helped blind dissident Chen Guangcheng flee to the United States two years ago,
and has banned books by eight writers in an escalating crackdown on dissent.
Poehler's Author
Photo Delivers: Amy Poehler‘s highly-anticipated memoir, 'Yes
Please' comes out in two weeks. It’s garnering a lot of hype, and if the back
flap is any indication, it will live up to expectations.
S.E. Hinton, and
the YA Debate: Hinton, who almost single-handedly brought YA
into being, talks about transgenerational full-circle return of the genre, at
the 'New Yorker.'
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