Hello lovely readers! Welcome to your weekly installment of Book Beat, brought to you by editor Paige. Spring is in the air, and with it comes feelings of lightness and rejuvenation. In the ever-busy publishing industry, that means we have several interesting updates on previously discussed scandals. This new season also, unfortunately, means we have…
Book Beat: Arthur A. Levine Leaves Scholastic, Lambda Finalists, and More Murderbot!
Hello Book Lovers! It’s Christa here, and it’s Thursday, which means it’s time to talk about all of the bookish news from the previous week. For this Book Beat, there have been some award announcements, some industry shuffling, and some exciting adaptation news. So, let’s dive right in!
Book Beat: The End of Tin House, The More Canada Report, and #ReadTheOnePercent
Hello Bookmarked readers! It’s Emily again, here to share some quick book news between getting all my work and shopping done for the Christmas holiday. I hope everyone in similar positions this holiday season is getting things done on time, so you can enjoy some downtime if you have it. As Paige said last week, it’s…
Book Beat: Fundraisers, Green’s Slang Dictionary, and the World Fantasy Awards
Hello again! It’s Emily, back to tell you about the latest Book Beat buzz. We’re officially a week into November and NaNoWriMo. Shout out to all who are participating! This week, I have some literary fundraisers, a dictionary update, and a few award-winning fantasy to share. So, let’s get right into it.
Book Beat: Publisher Merger, Passing of Little Free Libraries Creator, and An Incident at Vancouver Writers Fest
Hello all! It’s Emily here again. I hope you’ve all been having a wonderful week and are keeping warm amid the cooling temperatures. I’ve already spotted some flurries in the air this October, if you can believe it. But the cool weather just gives me an excuse to read some books and write from the…
Book Beat: Forest of Reading Nominees, Frankfurt Book Fair Recap, and “There’s a Poem For That!”
Hello all, Emily here! I’ve recently returned from a trip where I had limited internet, so I’ve been scrolling Twitter and checking all my favourite book and bookish sites, including this one, to get caught up on everything I missed. Luckily for me, Paige and Christa held down the Book Beat fort, and now it’s…
Book Beat: Giller Prize Longlist, Ripped Bodice, and French Bookstores vs Amazon
Hello, all! It’s Emily here, taking the Book Beat reins this week to share some of what’s been going on in the book world.
Book Beat: TPL’s Public Book, William Blake, and YA Dick Soap
Hello everyone, it’s Emily here! I hope your August is going well. I’ve just come back from a book-filled, internet-free vacation, so now I’m ready to jump back into our online literary discussions and share the latest book news with you. Let’s get started!
Reading and Rereading The Handmaid’s Tale
Many of us have been heavily anticipating Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian classic, The Handmaid’s Tale, starring Elisabeth Moss in what could be her next great television role since she played the ambitious Peggy Olsen on Mad Men. Several of us at WWAC (and our friends) took to rereading (or in some cases reading for…