Round-Up Archive

Round-Up: Historic New Librarian of Congress, 2016 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Long List, and Pokémon Go

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From the appointment of the first African American woman to the position of Librarian of Congress, to the Long List for the 2016 First Novel Prize, here are this week’s biggest literary news stories.

Round-Up: The World’s Oldest Library, Iron Man, and a New Random House Imprint

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From the re-opening of the worlds oldest working library to a new Random House imprint, here are this week's biggest literary stories.

Round-Up: Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie, Cormac McCarthy, and Neil Gaiman

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From Cormac McCarthy's death hoax to the new Neil Gaiman book, here's this week's biggest literary news:

Round Up: #Brexit, Apple’s E-Book Settlement, and Barnes & Noble’s Tough Year

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From #Brexit to Barnes & Noble's major financial hit, here are some of last week's most important literary stories: This past week, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. The referendum (often referred to as "Brexit") took place on June 23.

Round-Up: Chicago Public Library Giveaway, the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize, and Gregory Rabassa

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From the Chicago Public Library's children's book giveaway to the passing of a central figure in Latin American writing, here's some of last week's most important literary news: Writer and activist Margaret Atwood was awarded with the 2016 PEN Pinter prize.

Round-Up: Book Marks, PEN International, and BookCon 2016

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From LitHub's new service to updates on the upcoming BookCon, here's the latest in literary news: Literary Hub has just announced the release of a new service, Book Marks, which is described as a “Rotten Tomatoes for books.”

Round-Up: The Poetry Book Society, 2016 YA Book Poetry Prize, and “The Other NBA”

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From the closing of the Poetry Book Society to the 2016 YA Book Prize, here’s this week’s biggest literary news: The Poetry Book Society announced that it will be shutting its doors after over fifty years of service to the literary community. The PBS is widely known for supporting the sale of poetry:

Round-Up: #WritersOnTrump, Suzanne Collins, and the Northern Illinois University Press

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From writers protesting Trump to a university-funded press closing, here’s a look at the latest in literary news: This week, over found-hundred writers signed an open letter denouncing Donald Trump. Titled “An Open Letter to the American People,” the letter outlined the writers’ issues with Trump, and claimed that Trump’s campaign “demands

Round-Up: Roots, Jack Keruac, and the O. Henry Prize Winners

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From the auctioning off of Jack Keruac’s famous letter to the next book in the Millennium series, here are the latest literary headlines: The letter that is largely credited as the inspiration for Jack Keruac’s On the Road is going to auction on June 16. Addressed to Keruac and written

Round-Up: Bookslut, BTBA Winners, and the Intersection of Poetry and Music

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From Bookslut’s last issue to the important role poetry and music play in each other’s lives, here’s a look at the latest literary news: In March, founder of Bookslut Jessica Crispin announced she’d be stopping publication of the website, which she’s been running since 2002. She recently sat down with