This week’s links include: more on the Hugo Awards controversy; OpenAI lawsuits; Balzer + Bray moves to MacMillan; fantasy and romantasy explained; GenZ turns to physical books & libraries; diversity in romance; book banning (again); a fiction piece about a fearsome giant snail; a fantastic review of Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell mystery series; and more.
This week’s links include: Babel and the Hugo Awards controversy; book banning news; an author’s creepy TikTok request; ABA closing headquarters; Gen Z rediscovers public libraries; grappling with Robert Burns’s legacy; rise of romantasy; plus a wonderful free short story and several book lists
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News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Literary Losses NAME, short bio Obituaries and tributes: The Guardian; Los Angeles Times; NPR. Bibliography and Biography: Goodreads; Wikipedia Bookish News The Hugo Award winners were announced and presented on… 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 Independent Bookstore Day – April 24 Independent Bookstore Day is next Saturday, Apr. 24, 2021. If you’re comfortable going into shops, and your local indie bookstore… 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 Literary Losses NAME, biographyObituaries and tributes: CNN; The Guardian; NPR; Publisher’s Weekly . Bibliography and Biography: Goodreads; Wikipedia; author’s website Bookish News The 55th annual Nebula Conference has… Read more »
Bookish News Amazon Makes ‘Climate Pledge’ As Workers Plan Walkout (NPR; see also Amazon’s press release) 2019 National Book Award Longlists Announced (Publishers Weekly) Tonga to open first public library system with thousands of books donated from NZ (RNZ) Worth Reading/Viewing Margaret Atwood: ‘For a long time we were moving… 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 Book News The 2019 Hugo Awards were presented Sunday, Aug. 18 at Worldcon in Dublin, Ireland. Among the winners are The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (Best… 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 Book News The 2019 Hugo Award nominations are out, and it’s a strong and blessedly Puppy-free list. And I’ve actually read one of this year’s nominated… Read more »
