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August 26, 2017

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August 26, 2017

This week: a library of classics was destroyed in Italy, a comic book store was sold through Facebook, Huff Post is booming with its new homepage, Solzhenitsyn’s epic will soon be in English, an outed CIA operative wants to boot President Trump from Twitter, a little known author is called out for fixing the bestseller list, and Argentina celebrates a beloved author.  All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers and the latest news from aois21, Literally This Week.

This episode is brought to you by American Presidents at War, a new nonfiction scholarly review by Thomas P. Athridge. Now available for preorder at market.aois21.com.

It is also brought to you by Tales from the Old New Land podcast, hosted by A.C. Charlap, available biweekly from the aois21 podcast network. Find it on Podomatic, wherever podcasts are available, and media.aois21.com.

Literally This Week is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Google Play, TuneIn, Podomatic, and media.aois21.com.

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February 4, 2017

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February 4, 2017

This week: The National Magazine Awards left a genre out, the New York Times is banking on podcasts, PEN/America is answering back to President Trump, as are a number of indie publishers, membership is booming at The Guardian, Kim Kardashian is starting a book club, and George R. R. Martin has finished writing something.  All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers and the latest news from aois21, Literally This Week.

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January 21, 2017

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January 21, 2017

This week: Prince Charles writes a book on climate changes, President Obama cannot live without books, the National Book Critics Circle announce finalists, is the Alt-Right taking over publishing?, PEN America announces nominees, a library book was extremely overdue in San Francisco, and eBook publishers have reached a new agreement in Canada.  All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers and the latest news from aois21, Literally This Week.

This episode is sponsored by the Indiegogo campaign for The Will of the Magi by Paul Dickinson Russell. Ending on Saturday, we are raising money to edit, design, and print Russell’s fantasy epic. Visit indiegogo.com and show your support. 

It is also brought to you by Sexed Vexed Perplexed Live! On Thursday night from 10 to 11 pm ET, Aylin Vega will be taking questions and giving out advice live on WDLS Internet Radio. Tweet your questions to @themodernwhore or leave them on the Facebook events page and Aylin will answer them live. Visit WDLSRadio.net to listen live and call in! 

Literally This Week is available on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Google Play, Podomatic, and media.aois21.com.

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You can now support this podcast either by buying an ad through Advertisecast, or on the aois21 page on Patreon.

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December 4, 2016

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December 4, 2016

This week: Anne Rice is bringing her vampire novels to TV, the Oxford Lit Fest has bowed to pressure, a DC Indie Bookstore is expanding, the Bad Sex in Fiction award was handed out, Bob Dylan is skipping Sweden, Small Business Saturday was good for Indie bookstores, and the Columbus Public Library is marking a change.  All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers and the latest news from aois21, Literally This Week.

This episode is sponsored by the Indiegogo campaign for The Will of the Magi by Paul Dickinson Russell. Running now through January 21st, we are raising money to edit, design, and print Russell’s fantasy epic. Visit indiegogo.com and show your support. 

It is also brought to you be aois21’s newest podcast series, Tales From the Old New Land, an exploration of Jewish culture in the U.S. in the mold of Prairie Home Companion. Available on the second Saturday of each month on Podomatic, iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Google Play, and media.aois21.com.

Literally This Week is available on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Google Play, Podomatic, and media.aois21.com.

For news during the week, follow @aois21 on Twitter.

You can now support this podcast either by buying an ad through Advertisecast, or on the aois21 page on Patreon.

If there’s a story we missed, tweet to us with the #literallythisweek and we’ll check it out.

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August 14, 2016

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August 14, 2016

This week: The author of the How to Train your dragon series has a new job, Brexit isn’t having the negative effect on retail we expected, Hamilton the musical is coming to UK bookshelves, the Harry Potter script is selling great, Half Price Books is trying to get back lost money, even Librarians have an Olympics this year, and the World Library and Information Congress is opening in Ohio.  All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week.

This episode is sponsored by HIVE: Battle at the Dog Star by James D. King, available for preorder on Tuesday.

Available on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Google Play, Podomatic, and media.aois21.com.

For news during the week, follow @aois21 on Twitter.

If there’s a story we missed, tweet to us with the #literallythisweek and we’ll check it out.

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July 3, 2016

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July 3, 2016

This week: Police have raided the Russian Authors’ Society, the French literary chain Actissia is poised to rebound, HarperCollins is being noted for race equality, a new partnership will make books available to the blind and print-disabled, Gay Talese no longer trusts his own book, the world mourns Elie Wiesel, and the Calisphere is adding digital “exhibitions.”  All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week. This episode is sponsored by HIVE: First Contact by James D. King, now available from aois21 publishing.

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