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Former Newsday columnist Mike McGrady has died of pneumonia. McGrady was most famous as being the leader of a group of 24 prominent journalists (19 men, 5 women), who in 1966 set out to prove that the minds and tastes of the American people, when it came to culture consumption, had become tasteless and vulgar. [...]

We look at many, many, many books in a day as part of the AbeBooks marketing team. They go as far back as ancient times, long before the printing press, and I see books from centuries ago every day. So it should come as no surprise that very often I end up reminded of the [...]

We have a Kafkaesque list of most expensive sales from April. A first edition of Franz Kafka’s Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis) was easily AbeBooks’ most expensive sale at $30,000. Our list also includes a pioneering photography book with an introduction by Jack Kerouac, a book signed by Truman Capote, a history of the abolition of [...]

An interesting article from Commentary Magazine yesterday. In 1929, two psychologists proposed a plan to survey literary critics, having them answer a questionnaire and rank living American novelists according to various points of merit. 65 critics took part, and the results were ranked and compiled, based on how many of the critics listed each name, [...]

It can’t be easy. Writing is usually a solitary profession and yet collaborations between authors are easy to find. It was Good Omens when Neil Gaiman worked with Terry Pratchett – a better combination of funny and weird is near impossible to find. And of course, Stephen King and Peter Straub were a Talismanic combination. [...]

The love letters between poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning have been digitized and can now be viewed online.

Collectible works, facts and biography about the unforgettable Rudyard Kipling.

JD Salinger died two years ago. To date, no new writing has been revealed or released. The literary world seems frustrated, but do we have any right to be?

At nearly 60 years old, The Paris Review is more than a literary magazine -it’s an institution.

Our latest feature is a tribute to Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), one of the greatest names in literature. Can anyone really go through life without reading one of his books? Even if you reject his writing, how can you not be fascinated by his life? A hunter, a drinker, a womaniser, an adventurer, a war hero, [...]