Open Thread
Censorship Over ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Trilogy?
From The New York Times: The New York Times posted an interesting piece about the hesitancy of some libraries to...
Living Long and Prospering: The Limitations of the Slow Books Manifesto
The Limitations of the Slow Books Manifesto One of the few things I find comforting about contemporary society is that,...
Hunger Games Earns $214.3 Million Worldwide
To say that the Hunger Games has caught fire is understatement: The film will gross a historic $155 million in...
National Book Awards Announced
It's the season...no, not just for t.v. and film awards, but also for the highly coveted and anticipated 'best of...
Living Long and Prospering: Musical Moments in Fiction
Musical Moments in Fiction When Elvis Costello told an interviewer that writing about music is like dancing about architecture, he...
Kimberly Peirce the Frontrunner to Direct Remake Of King’s ‘Carrie’
Deadline.com is reporting the potential choice of Kimberly Peirce to direct a remake of Stephen King's Carrie: Peirce is in...
Anne Rice Gives Stephenie Meyer a "Backhanded Compliment"
File this one under, "She Likes Me, She Really Doesn't Like Me." Thanks to i09 for linking a great article...
New Potter Documentary Being Released
When you pick up the new BlueRay combo release of the last Harry Potter film, Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and...
Christopher Paolini Discusses His Favorite Fantasy Novels
Inheritance Cycle (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance) author Christopher Paolini sits down with Barnes and Noble to discuss his favorite fantasy...
Book trailer: Word as Image by Ji Lee
One of the coolest book trailers we've seen in a long, long time. Word as Image by Ji Lee. What...
Julie Klam and Timothy Hutton discuss books and dogs (sort of)
Did you guys see Timothy Hutton's appearance in Julie Klam's book trailer for You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs...
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close on the Big Screen (Video)
Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is about nine-year-old Oskar Schell. Two years before the story begins, Oskar's...
Shakespeare's Plays To Be Staged in 37 Languages
CNN is reporting on The Globe's intention to stage 37 of William Shakespeare's plays. Over six weeks next spring, London's...
Banned Book Week
Every year, during the last week in September, libraries and bookstores nationwide, aim to focus on those books that have...
The Night Circus Has Arrived
Yesterday, debut author, Erin Morgenstern's greatly anticipated novel The Night Circus was released. Below you'll find a fabulous book trailer...
Characters We Love to Hate
Tor's Joseph Nassise wrote a great piece about those literary characters that left us tossing books across the room and...
The Book Merchant, Natchitoches, Louisiana
In Jennifer Miller’s article “Novel Ideas” in the September 2011 issue of Fast Company, she reports that 400 new independent...
Author Lev Grossman Discusses E-books vs Codex
Lev Grossman, book critic for TIME Magazine and New York Times Bestselling author of The Magicians and its newly released...
Best Picture Books Published This Year (So Far)
Do you have a little one at home who has a favorite picture book? There's a Book has chosen their Favorite Picture...
Should the Canon Be Redefined?
Slate's Juliet Lapidos discussed the opinion of several authors, editors and critics who feel a rethink of literary canon is necessary. Editor Elif...
