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    This Italian accountant holds the world record for most books typed backwards.

    By Dan Sheehan  January 11, 2023
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    These are the bestselling books of 2022.

    By Emily Temple  January 10, 2023
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    Katie Porter reading a book during the GOP’s House speaker fight is all of us.

    By Emily Temple  January 9, 2023
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    Of course Cate Blanchett reads Rebecca Solnit.

    By Emily Temple  January 6, 2023
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    When Fay Weldon called out publishers for underpaying staff and treating writers like trash.

    By Jonny Diamond  January 6, 2023
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    Here are the winners of the second annual Silvers-Dudley Prizes for literary and arts journalism.

    By Emily Temple  January 4, 2023
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    Here are the books that just entered the public domain.

    By Emily Temple  January 3, 2023
    Best of 2022

    The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

    By Literary Hub  December 26, 2022
    Christmas

    Chocolate, Books, and More Books: Could America Even Handle Iceland’s Traditional Christmas “Book Flood”?

    By Jess deCourcy Hinds  December 23, 2022
    Best of 2022

    The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 11

    By Literary Hub  December 21, 2022
    Reading Lists

    The Award-Winning Novels of 2022

    By Book Marks  December 21, 2022
    Best of 2022

    The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

    By Literary Hub  December 20, 2022
    The Hub

    This year’s very worst opening sentence is about salami and lingerie.

    By Emily Temple  December 14, 2022
    The Hub

    Announcing the winner of the 2022 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing.

    By Literary Hub  December 14, 2022
    Write-minded

    Aya de León Introduces a New Imprint for Climate Fiction: Fighting Chance Books

    By Write-minded   December 13, 2022
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    Markus Dohle is resigning from Penguin Random House.

    By Jonny Diamond  December 9, 2022
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    The NBCC has announced the inaugural longlist for its new Barrios Book in Translation Prize.

    By Emily Temple  December 8, 2022
    African Literature

    #ReadingAfrica: Five Writers and Publishers Discuss the Continent’s Boundless Literary Landscape

    By Literary Hub  December 8, 2022
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    For your holiday to-do list: Donate to the HarperCollins Union Solidarity Fund.

    By Jonny Diamond  December 5, 2022
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    Tiya Miles is the winner of the 2022 Cundill History Prize.

    By Literary Hub  December 1, 2022
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    Elon Musk listens to professional troll Andy Ngo and bans anarchist publisher from Twitter.

    By Jonny Diamond  December 1, 2022
    Publishing

    In Praise of the Worker-Owned Company (OR: What to Do About Simon and Schuster)

    By Nick Fuller Googins  November 29, 2022
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    Fans aren’t happy about their $600 autopen-signed copies of Bob Dylan’s new book.

    By Jonny Diamond  November 21, 2022
    The Hub

    Are these America’s “most talented but underappreciated” writers?

    By Emily Temple  November 21, 2022
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    Oh good, TikTok is breaking into bookselling.

    By Katie Yee  November 18, 2022
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