Dec 10 1,300 people join marathon reading of ‘War and Peace’ live on Russian TV By Corinne Segal A massive public reading of Leo Tolstoy's iconic novel "War and Peace" is now in its third day, with more than 1,300 people participating from more than 30 cities. Continue reading
Dec 04 All Swedish 11th graders to receive book on why everyone should be a feminist By Gretchen Frazee All 11th grade high school students in Sweden are being given Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s book “We Should All Be Feminists.”… Continue reading
Nov 21 Watch the Miami Book Fair live – featuring Mitch Albom, Ann Beattie and Ted Koppel By Travis Daub PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown is interviewing authors from noon to 5 p.m. ET today at the Miami Book fair. Watch events today live and browse on-demand video from events featuring the authors, speakers and discussions listed below:… Continue reading
Oct 13 Marlon James becomes first Jamaican-born author to win Man Booker prize By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Marlon James is the first Jamaican-born writer to win the 2015 Man Booker prize for Fiction. James’ book, "A Brief History of Seven Killings," explores gang violence in Jamaica through the lens of the attempted killing of Bob Marley in… Continue reading
Oct 08 Svetlana Alexievich, investigative journalist from Belarus, wins Nobel Prize in Literature By Corinne Segal The Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday to Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarusian investigative journalist who has collected hundreds of firsthand accounts on international conflicts including World War II, the Soviet War and the Chernobyl disaster. Continue reading
Sep 15 Why Agatha Christie is even more awesome than you thought By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Today marks the 125th birthday of famed British novelist Agatha Christie, a pioneer of detective fiction. Continue reading
Aug 11 100-year-old J.R.R. Tolkien book to be published this summer By Corinne Segal A 1914 manuscript that formed the early basis for J.R.R. Tolkein's works of epic fantasy will be widely published for the first time this summer. Continue reading
Jul 29 Man Booker Prize unveils 2015 longlist By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins The Man Booker Prize for Fiction this morning released its longlist of 13 titles that will compete for the world's most prestigious award for fiction written in English. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 6:10 New Yorker’s ‘Comma Queen’ offers a guide for the grammatically insecure By PBS News Hour In "Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen," Mary Norris recounts a life of grammatical grief and glory as a copy editor for The New Yorker. Norris joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the magazine’s style standards, and whether… Continue watching
Jan 20 Chast, Piketty, Rankine among 2014 National Book Critics Circle nominees By Victoria Fleischer On Monday, 30 finalists were named for the National Book Critics Circle awards. The NewsHour has talked to many of the authors whose works are being considered, including Roz Chast, Hector Tobar, Thomas Piketty and Claudia Rankine. Continue reading