Here is the top literary news of the week:
- Professor’s Research of Segregated Public Libraries in the South Available Online
- World Book Day 2017 in pictures
- THE 12 BIGGEST BOOKSTORES IN THE WORLD
- ENCOUNTERING LITERARY BOTS IN THE WILDS OF TWITTER
- We used to have six more letters in the English alphabet
- National Association of College Stores Changes Direction to Save Indies
- As Amazon Moves In, A Local Bookseller Hopes To Thrive With A Personal Touch
- Libreria bookshop launches subscription service
- THE WRITER AS PUBLIC FIGURE VS. THE WRITER WHO ACTUALLY WRITES
- I READ POPULAR BOOKS FOR HOMEWORK: A TRUE STORY
- Norwegian Website Quizzes Trolls Before Allowing Them to Comment
- The Obamas' Book Deals Spark $65 Million Mystery
- HarperCollins to celebrate 200th anniversary with year-long campaign
- New Racially Charged Fliers Found at Texas State’s Library Target Jews
- SINCLAIR LEWIS, AMERICAN PROPHET
- Nosy Researchers Are Sniffing a Vintage Library
- 6 powerful books that speak to this American moment
- Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals' all-white longlists prompt inquiry
- International Women's Day: writers and illustrators on their favourite books by women
- International Women’s Day 2017: 5 women changing their world for the better
- ODD, PRESCIENT, INTENSE, BRILLIANT: REMEMBERING PAULA FOX
- Singapore: “Revamping Libraries to be Vibrant Places of Learning”
- How one viral publisher uses Facebook groups to grow big numbers
- Where’s Waldo’s Elusive Hero Didn’t Just Get Sneakier. He Got Smaller.
- UN rights experts condemn Viet Nam for incommunicado detention of blogger ‘Mother Mushroom’
- 'Book fairy' Emma Watson helps distribute titles for International Women's Day
- Twitter project taught this Cree author about Indigenous strength and humour — and got him a book deal
- Vladimir Putin to Women: Y’all Do So Many Great Chores! Also Please Smile More.
- Free Speech Groups Defend Graphic Novel Censored in Oklahoma Over ‘Adult Themes’
- HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING & LOVE MY BOOK CLUB
- Monika Sengul-Jones joins OCLC as Wikipedian-in-Residence
- Pan Mac to publish sequel to Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom
- How commerce content sits uneasily alongside newsrooms
- Riding the subway in Singapore? Buy this mini-book!
- THE GREATEST FRENCH CRIME WRITER YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF
- The most famous author from every state
- Russia Bans Norwegian Journalist for 5 Years
- Beijing ‘to slash foreign picture book numbers’
- Richard Wagamese, author of Indian Horse, dead at 61
- International Women’s Day: seven African woman writers you should have read by 2017
- Where Are the Hebrew War Novels?
- Mum Makes Breakfast Poetry For Daughter
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