November 24, 2018

Here is the top literary news of he week:

• Serious Allegations Made About the Last Days of Stan Lee

• ‘Never fails to disappoint’: Roxy Jacenko book pulped after cover misprint

• 'Genre-bending' biography of Joseph Conrad wins 2018's Cundill History Prize

• How Libraries Can Help Readers Become Writers

• KAY ELDREDGE SALTER: MY HUSBAND’S CHOICE TO BE A WRITER WAS THE HARDEST OF HIS LIFE

• In South Korea, Booksellers Look for Ways to Compete

• Political chaos in wake of withdrawal deal 'concerning' and 'unacceptable', say trade bodies

• Barnes & Noble's first prototype store in NJ opening in Hackensack

• Major international report highlights a new direction for culture in World Cities

• YOU CAN’T RELY ON INSPIRATION: ESSENTIAL WRITING ADVICE FROM J.G. BALLARD

• Michelle Wolf blasts White House Correspondents' Association for nixing comedy for historian Ron Chernow

• Facebook donates millions to fund 80 local newspaper jobs in the UK

• NearSt joins with Google to show high street book stock

• Jonny Lee Miller & Common To Star In Ursula K. Le Guin Adaptation ‘Nine Lives’

• Research Article: “Are Private Universities Exempt from Student Concerns About Textbook Costs? A Survey of Students at American University”

• WRITING WOMEN’S PAIN: A ROUNDTABLE

• James H. Billington, 89, Dies; Led Library of Congress Into Digital Age

• 'Astonishing' demand for Milkman continues

• 'The Diary of a Bookseller' chronicles a year in the life of a Scottish used bookstore — eccentricities and all

• New virtual reality program could transform historic preservation

• Oxford’s Library Once Branded Its Sauciest Books With a Greek Letter

• More Than Words In The South End Is A Bookstore With A Mission

• More Than Words In The South End Is A Bookstore With A Mission

• Why Have Writers Neglected Elderly Lovers?

• Glamour Magazine to Cease Regular Print Publication

• Is contemporary poetry really in 'a rotten state' - or just a new one?

• ASU acquires rare book from golden age of Spanish literature

• Authors criticise YouTube's rallying cry against Article 13

• Canada Comics Open Library would give Toronto a permanent space to celebrate sequential art

• Michelle Obama’s Becoming is B&N Fastest Selling Book of the Year

• ‘Game of Thrones’ Creator George R.R. Martin Assures Fans: Writing Is Coming

• Beevor urges writers consider Emirates Lit Fest boycott

• Few Black-Owned Bookstores Exist In The U.S. Lexington Just Saved One.

• Inauguration of the EOSC

• An Open Letter to Elena Ferrante—Whoever You Are

• Dissident novelist’s close call casts a shadow on Hong Kong's once-vibrant cultural scene

• Changing the script

• Tencent and National Museum of Brazil collaborate on a digital museum

• How can the arts serve social awareness and activism?

• Jonathan Franzen was mocked for sharing his writing tips. Me? I’m all ears

• Participating in NaNoWriMo? Anosh Irani recommends focusing on your main character

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