Here is the top literary news of the week:
- Is Mark Hamill to Write Hit-Girl Comics?
- ‘Our mission is to create the future of books’
- 404 Ink and BHP Comics on collaborative publishing
- ‘Every poem is political’: Danez Smith, the YouTube star shaking up poetry
- 17 Bookstore Cats Worth Road Tripping For
- Grammy Awards Winners: The Complete List
- Woods and Usden triumph at BBC Audio Drama Awards
- Free walk-in counselling thrives at Regina libraries
- Is There Such a Thing as a Good Book Review?
- Engineer who lived modestly donates $37 million to Pittsburgh Foundation
- A Canadian Poet Who Appeared On A "Shitty Media Men" List Is Out Of His Job
- Waterstones 'in takeover talks with Elliott Advisors'
- With ePrivacy looming, German publishers scramble to get users logged in
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation dismantles sound libraries and axes staff to improve budget
- HOW NURSING LED ME BACK TO WRITING
- Helen Dunmore's 'life affirming' poetry wins the Costa
- Who Gets A Happily Ever After In 2018?
- Prize launched for thrillers that avoid sexual violence against women
- Library Publishing Coalition Year in Review
- Books, not bandwith: Henderson couple’s store bucks trend
- Virginia Woolf’s personal photos are online (but not on Instagram)
- Librarian jailed for stealing books
- Amazon patents wristband that tracks warehouse workers' movements
- Greek national library begins 10-million move
- George R.R. Martin starts 'Worldbuilder Scholarship' for aspiring fantasy, sci-fi writers
- New York Daily News editors ousted over sexual harassment complaints
- Kassabova's Border wins travel book of the year
- Kwame Alexander Will Start His Own Imprint. The Name? Versify. Get It?
- PubMed Commons to Be Discontinued
- CAPTURING THE ARTISTS, HUSTLERS, AND JUNKIES OF 1960S PITTSBURGH
- Archiving the alternative press threatened by wealthy buyers
- A West Virginia Newspaper Won Journalism’s Top Award. Now It’s Filed for Bankruptcy.
- After 400 years lost, 'cursed' novel of Spain's imperial age is finally published
- Janu wins XO Romance Prize 2017
- Home Truths About Holocaust Turn Popular Lithuanian Writer Into Public Enemy No.1
- Kentucky State Digital Archives (KSDA) Launches Online
- Netizen Report: The Rising Cost of Cameroon's Internet Shutdowns
- Publishers urge Man Booker Prize to rescind rule change
- Al-Qaeda’s chick-lit: how to please your holy warrior
- There are bookshops in Nigeria—but nowhere near enough
- Project to “Restate” Copyright Law Under Scrutiny
- The Globalization of the National Book Awards
- Walmart Is Bringing the Fight to Amazon's Turf: E-books
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