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 »
Virtually every song that Bruce Springsteen has ever written is now owned by Sony, which is reported to have paid five hundred and fifty million dollars for the catalogue. For Bellos, a... Read more »
NIH researchers found widespread differences in the brains of children with anxiety disorders that improved after treatment January 24, 2024 • Press Release Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found... Read more »
Sanctions have enormous consequences. Especially when imposed by a country with the economic influence of the United States, sanctions induce clear shockwaves in both the economy and political culture of the targeted... Read more »