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Children's Literature News

February 2, 2018

The Harry Potter Series Has Sold over 500 Million Books in over 80 Languages

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books are among some of the most read and most beloved…

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Libraries News

February 1, 2018

Librarian Who Stole Books and Burned Them Jailed

A librarian who stole books from a small community library and tried to sell them…

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Literary Awards News Poetry

February 1, 2018

Costa Book of the Year Posthumously Awarded to Helen Dunmore

The British poet, novelist, and children's writer, Helen Dunmore, has been posthumously awarded the 2017…

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Authors Literary Events News

January 31, 2018

Muriel Spark Centenary Celebrations

The great Scottish author Dame Muriel Spark would have been 100 years old on the…

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Language News

January 30, 2018

The OED Yearly Update is in: Mansplain it to Me

Language is fluid, and ever changing and that’s why the team at Oxford add and…

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Literary Awards News

January 30, 2018

Carrie Fisher Posthumously Wins Grammy Award

The 60th annual Grammy Awards ceremony was hosted yesterday in New York and saw the…

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Literary Awards News

January 28, 2018

New Book Prize Announced For Thrillers In Which No Woman Is Violently Exploited

The Staunch Book Prize has been announced for 2018, for a very specific type of…

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eReaders News

January 26, 2018

Apple to Overhaul it’s Digital iBooks Service

There’s no doubt that while Apple products are generally thought of as superior, their iBooks…

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Adaptations News

January 25, 2018

Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy Announced for Adaptation

It’s been quite the run for Margaret Atwood with two successful adaptations in the last…

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Adaptations News

January 25, 2018

New International Trailer for A Wrinkle in Time Adaptation

Over the past few months all the talk has been for the adaptation of the…

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