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The long scene of Emily and Eli being counseled by Peter Herman is as well-wrought, honest, and un-sentimental depiction of a couple working through their issues as I’ve ever read. Ben Schrank’s Love Is a Canoe reviewed on The Rumpus.
Matt Haig, author of The Radleys, on how writing saved his life.
Read an interview on The Rumpus with Dennis Johnson and Valerie Merians, the publishing power couple behind Melville House.
It’s been two centuries since the publication of Pride and Prejudice, and Helen Garner has a date with Darcy.
And I realized I don’t want to get in the habit of ‘checklist reading'—paging through an old book for no other reason than to say I’ve read it.
Literary puns, illustrated.
If Dr Seuss books were titled according to their subtexts.
Cats in bookstores: never novel, always irresistible.
Holden Caulfield is gay, and other lit conspiracy theories.
Technology porn for book lovers: watch a 1940s video on how a book is made.
When Clay walked into Penumbra’s store in those opening pages and marveled at its shelves rising into the dimly lit stratosphere, I knew exactly how he felt and turned the page feeling that old exhilaration well up in me once more.
In 1971, the children’s librarian at the newly opened library of Troy, Michigan, wrote to dozens of actors, authors, artists, musicians, playwrights, librarians, and politicians of the day, asking them to write a letter to the children of Troy about the importance of libraries
Alyssa Brugman is the author of several acclaimed and popular novels for young adults. Her new novel is Alex As Well, the confronting and heartfelt story of a teenager raised as a boy, who wants to be a girl.
Ben Schrank picks music to accompany his new novel, Love is a Canoe.
Most novels don’t rely so heavily on the phrases ‘the meeting has been rescheduled’ and ‘best wishes’, though.
Literary graffiti from around the world.
These are some lousy book covers.
A fun DIY project: turn a spare cupboard into a cosy reading nook.
The Faulkner Estate v Woody Allen, and other literary feuds of 2012.
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We’ve eaten the last of the Christmas panettone, so 2013 has well and truly begun. We have some incredible books coming out this year, including new works by J. M.
