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Children’s books featuring protagonists with ADHD or autism are going to the highest bidderChildren’s books that feature neurodiverse main characters are the latest publishing trend, experts have said.Publishers, which were previously reluctant to appr…
Author of Blood Meridian, The Road and No Country for Old Men died in his home of natural causes, publisher announcesCormac McCarthy, the revered novelist whose bleakly violent, apocalyptic visions of the American south drew him fans from Oprah Winfrey…
Author’s decision to remove The Snow Forest from publication because of Russia-Ukraine war sparks intense debateMixed reactions have met the decision by the US novelist Elizabeth Gilbert to withdraw her forthcoming novel The Snow Forest from publicatio…
A company called Sol Reader is working on a headset designed exclusively for reading books. “The device is simple: It slips over your eyes like a pair of glasses and blocks all distractions while reading,” reports TechCrunch. From the article: The $350…
Brad Bitar who returned copy of The Bounty Trilogy believes it may have been left by someone while visiting his family’s store Most library users dread the idea of late fees, but one fearless Washington state man has really risked the wrath of libraria…
Musician restores 250-year-old instrument of writer’s cousin, who is said to have inspired Mansfield Park character Mary CrawfordWhen the musician and restorer Mike Parker finally tracked down the harp, it was broken and stained, a shadow of its old se…
Writer of Empireland, which examined Britain’s imperial past, says culture war-fuelled online trolling and heckling ‘gets to you’The writer Sathnam Sanghera has said he barely ever does public events in the UK because of a fear of being attacked amid a…
In this Help Net Security video interview, Alan Watkins, CIS Controls Ambassador, CIS, talks about his new book – Creating a Small Business Cybersecurity Program, Second Edition. This book provides guidance and essential steps small businesses wi…
Moving retelling of Sancho’s life by actor Paterson Joseph awarded prestigious Christopher Bland prizeIf anyone’s life is worthy of a book, it’s that of Charles Ignatius Sancho. The acclaimed writer and composer was born on a slave ship crossing the At…
Research into folklore of Transylvania by 19th century writer Emily Gerard directly inspired author of famous novelThe nefarious thirst for human blood, a clove of garlic to ward off vampires, a stake through the heart as their optimum method of dispat…