children's book

May 29, 2016

May 29, 2016

This week: Judy Blume has opened her own bookstore, Simon Cowell is writing a children’s book, big publishers are on the decline, the daughter of a Hong Kong bookseller wants the U.S. to help, realtors are waiting on Amazon, the National Book Festival poster was released, and the European Union is making all publicly funded scientific articles free.  All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week. This episode is sponsored by Interlude to Sentimental Me! the new poetry collection from Michael B. Judkins now available for preorder from aois21 publishing.

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February 1, 2016

February 1, 2016

This week, Is the Oxford English Dictionary being sexist, The Times of London and Wall Street Journal are strengthening their paywalls, J.K. Rowling has won the PEN Award, there’s a ‘new’ book coming from Beatrix Potter, and a literary magazine has launched just for users of the deep web. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week.

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