For the average reader who loves getting lost in books, there’s usually no reason to pay much attention to the shifts occurring in the industry that undergirds their passion. But that doesn’t... Read more »
Dear BookBrowsers, Welcome to our last issue of 2023, where we bring you the Top 20 Books of the Year as selected by our subscribers, along with our Award Winners across four... Read more »
2024 National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists Announced Jan 25 2024 The National Book Critics Circle has announced 30 finalists in six categories—autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, general nonfiction, and poetry—for the 2024... Read more »
How many books will you read before you die? Jan 25 2024 From The Economist:
“Our back-of-the-envelope calculations show how many books you can still hope to read—and how to make... Read more »
ALA announces 2024 Youth Media Award winners Jan 22 2024 The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and young adults –... Read more »
Zooniverse Launches Lives of Literary Characters Project Jan 24 2024 Zooniverse has announced the launch of The Lives of Literary Characters. Volunteers will assist Zooniverse by annotating stories to better understand the... Read more »
In 2014, the bodies of nearly 800 babies and small children were found in the septic tank of a former mother and baby home in Tuam, Galway. They had been deposited over... Read more »
A prestigious literary award for science fiction, which was hosted in China for the first time, has come under fire for excluding several authors from the 2023 awards, raising concerns about interference... Read more »
“You’re a stainless-steel-water-bottle kind of person, and I’m a Stanley-cup kind of person—I’m sorry, but it would never work.” Source link Read more »