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Open letter signed by 500 authors, publishers, and industry stakeholders opposes book contracts for those who worked in the Trump administration

Steven Beattie January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 Writers and Writing

Barry Lyga’s letter, titled “No Book Deals for Traitors” says that “no one should be enriched for their contributions to evil.”

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The Horror Show: Victor LaValle rewrites H.P. Lovecraft

Steven Beattie January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 International Literature, Short Fiction

The Ballad of Black Tom asks who the real monsters are.

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Independent bookstores in U.K., Ireland expanded in 2020

Steven Beattie January 9, 2021January 9, 2021 Bookselling No Comments

It is worthwhile to focus on the positive outcomes from a year that was incredibly challenging on numerous fronts.

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On beginning the year with cautious optimism

Steven Beattie January 8, 2021January 9, 2021 Publishing, Reading

Notwithstanding the real challenges last year presented, there is good reason to be hopeful about the robust longevity of the literary ecosystem.

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Simon & Schuster cancels book by Senator Josh Hawley after “dangerous insurrection” in Washington, D.C.

Steven Beattie January 7, 2021January 18, 2021 International Literature, Politics

One of America’s largest publishers has decided to step away from publishing a forthcoming work by the pugilistic Misouri senator.

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Luciana Ricciutelli, groundbreaking feminist publisher and small-press advocate, dead at 62

Steven Beattie December 17, 2020January 4, 2021 CanLit, Publishing

The longtime editor-in-chief of Inanna Publications is remembered as much for her dedication to publishing debut and marginalized authors as her commitment to small presses in Canada.

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Poet George Murray launches Walk the Line, a pair of workshops to teach beginning and intermediate writers the craft of verse

Steven Beattie December 16, 2020December 17, 2020 CanLit, Poetry

The former St. John’s, Newfoundland, poet laureate is looking to demystify poetry and convince people that anyone has it in them to write verse.

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John le Carré mined moral ambiguity and Cold War paranoia to reinvent the modern espionage novel

Steven Beattie December 14, 2020January 5, 2021 Film, International Literature

The novelist, who famously eschewed literary awards and other national recognitions, leaves behind a corpus of work that transcends its genre and tells deeply immersive psychological stories.

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Feminism and the capitalist impulse collide head-on in Leigh Stein’s blistering second novel

Steven Beattie November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 International Literature, Novels

Self Care skewers the performative progressiveness that attends capitalist tech companies obsessed with clicks and user engagement.

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The Horror Show: Good faces off against evil in James Herbert’s The Dark

Steven Beattie October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 International Literature, Novels

Herbert’s novel combines elements of a haunted house story, a zombie tale, and a meditation on the nature of evil.

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