- Illinois woman reads book of poems about racial injustice on camera during a Donald Trump speech. (Try doing that with an e-book.) (Huffington Post)
- Jennifer Clement, PEN International’s first female president, on the organization’s future. (Publishing Perspectives)
- The real Stephen Colbert is just as committed to promoting authors as the fake one. (Book Riot)
- What’s wrong with wanting to write a book that actually sells? (The Guardian)
- Taylor Swift advocates literacy by partnering with Scholastic to donate books to New York City schools. (GalleyCat)
- Penguin Young Readers to publish parody of The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep aimed at helicopter parents with anxious ambitions for their kids. (Publishers Weekly)
- Twilight author Stephenie Meyer teaming with Lionsgate for TV adaptation of Daniel O’Malley’s The Rook. (Variety)
- Amazon editors picks the best books of 2015. (Amazon.com)
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