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Brazilian book trade facing "dark days for books."

Dec 12 2018: An ongoing crisis in the Brazilian publishing market "that combined steady declines in the price of books with rising inflation" is raising concerns about the future of the book trade in the country, the Guardian reported. Book chain Saraiva, which had announced the ...

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Is listening to a book the same thing as reading it?

Dec 09 2018: Daniel T. Willingham, a psychologist at the University of Virginia, compares audio books to print books and concludes that each is best suited to different purposes, and neither is superior:

... listening to a book club selection is not cheating. It’s not even ...

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British authors express concern that Brexit will fatally undermine the UK publishing industry

Dec 06 2018: The UK publishing trade magazine, The Bookseller reports on authors' concerns about the effects of Brexit on the UK publishing industry:

Novelist Joanna Trollope has warned that Theresa May's government will "fatally undermine the whole UK publishing industry" if it ...

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Strand bookstore in NY urgently needs help from customers to help the store 'make a case against landmark status'

Dec 03 2018: The Strand Bookstore in New York City is asking its many customers to attend a public hearing on Tuesday morning morning to help the store "make a case against landmark status" for its store at 826-828 Broadway. The bookstore is concerned that, if the building is given ...

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Haruki Murakami and James Frey lead an all-male shortlist for the bad sex in fiction award

Dec 03 2018: The Literary Review has announced an all-male shortlist for that least-coveted of literary prizes, the Bad sex in fiction award.

Haruki Murakami, often named as a contender for the Nobel prize, makes the cut for passages from his latest novel Killing Commendatore ......

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Mystery Writers of America withdraws Linda Fairstein's Grand Master Edgar Award

Nov 30 2018: In the wake of increasing controversy over the naming of bestselling mystery author Linda Fairstein as one of next year's Grand Master Edgar recipients, Mystery Writers of America has withdrawn the award. Tuesday's announcement had sparked numerous protests on social ...

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The New Booker Prize winner who may never write again

Nov 30 2018: The New York Times has an extensive and moving interview with Anna Burns, who won this year's Man Booker Prize for her novel, Milkman which will be published in the USA on December 4:

Burns is one of the more surprising recent winners of the Booker, one of literature...

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Margaret Atwood Is writing a sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'

Nov 28 2018: Following two years in which Margaret Atwood's classic dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale saw a skyrocketing in readership and new cultural relevance, both on television and in society at large, the author has announced a sequel.

The Testaments, set 15 years after ...

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