News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Darwin’s annotated copy of On the Origin of Species goes to auction (The Guardian) John Lewis plagiarism row gives Christmas sales boost to… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff. In Memoriam: Carrie Fisher Carrie Fisher, who was best known for her iconic portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, died Dec. 27 after suffering… Read more »
Today is a big day for author birthdays! Richard Adams, author of Watership Down, is 92 today. Sir James M. Barrie, best known for Peter Pan, was born on this day in 1860; he died in 1937. Then there’s William Pene du Bois (1916-1993), whose Newbery Medal- winning book The… Read more »
