The Golden Age of Book Adaptations for TV
Andrew Neiderman, the author of 46 thrillers who has written as V.C. Andrews for over 34 years, says, “The pandemic has brought on a new age of book-to-series adaptations, and with it novelists have found not only new sources of income but greater satisfaction in how their books are turned into movies.”
Crime novelists dish on writing about cops in a moment of reckoning
In light of recent protests over police brutality, four crime novelists discuss the issues that swirl around portraying law enforcement officers as fictional characters. Los Angeles Times crime reporter and novelist James Queally talks with Rachel Howzell Hall, Attica Locke, and Ivy Pochoda.
Why I Still Use—And Like—Goodreads
In a recent links column I cited an article complaining about the problems with Goodreads. That article prompted me to write How I Use Goodreads.
After featuring a negative article about Goodreads, I thought it only fair that I should include this more positive article by Kelly Jensen, whose approach is very similar to mine: use the features you like and ignore the ones you don’t like.
The Best Ereaders You Can Buy in 2020
If you’re looking at an ereader as a possible holiday gift this year, Rey Rowland evaluates your options.
University Presses Are Signal Boosters of Knowledge
In this particular moment, when we are being tested as a society both by a pandemic and by the metaphorical virus of systemic racism, the peer review system that defines mission-driven university press publishing—whereby scholars review the work of other experts prior to publication—seems particularly fit for its purpose of ensuring the publication of high-quality content.
A report from Publishers Weekly.
Shakespeare wrote ‘King Lear’ during a plague. What great work will emerge from this pandemic?
Scholars believe that Shakespeare created two of his greatest works, King Lear and Macbeth, during a plague. “In perilous, isolating times, we hunger with a special zeal for great work by artists who can capture the experience for us,” writes Peter Marks, theater critic for The Washington Post, who wonders if our current pandemic will produce any similar “groundbreaking creations.”
7 Literary Translators You Need to Know
“From Indonesian to Brazilian Portuguese, here are the translators who are making contemporary world literature accessible to English readers.”
J.R. Ramakrishnan reports for Electric Literature.
© 2020 by Mary Daniels Brown
