BNA_Daily | January 14, 2010
Today’s news will thrill short story fans, political junkies, and children’s lit lovers alike, giving you plenty of conversation ammo to power through the weekend. Enjoy!
Finalists were announced this week for the 2009 Story Prize, a cash award given annually to a collection of short stories. All three of this year’s finalists are first-time authors, [...]
BNA_Daily | January 8, 2010
From Stieg Larsson to Tolstoy to Ann M. Martin of “The Baby-Sitters Club” fame, we’ve got our genres (and centuries) covered in today’s news. It may be the first time Tolstoy and “The Baby-Sitters Club” were discussed so close together…
Stieg Larsson’s final work, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, doesn’t come out until May, [...]
BNA_Daily | January 8, 2010
The time has come, Eat Pray Love worshippers — Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book, Committed: a Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage, hit stores Tuesday. Committed is a study of marriage through Gilbert’s inquisitive, funny, slightly panicked eyes as she realizes she has to marry her Brazilian boyfriend, Felipe, due to customs issues. If you recall, Gilbert [...]
BNA_Daily | January 5, 2010
Happy New Year! Celebrate 2010 with news about the struggle for free speech in China, upcoming titles to look out for, and non-YA books for teens.
The literary community is up in arms over the arrest of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison after helping to create Charter 08, a [...]
