Zadie Smith‘s publishers have announced that a new novel by the acclaimed author will debut in winter 2016. The new book, called Swing Time, is Smith’s first full-length novel since 2012’s NW. Book Buttons Embed ISBN: 9780241144152 According to Smith’s publishers, the new novel will deal with issues of race and class – themes that Smith has expounded on since her acclaimed debut, White Teeth. In Swing Time, those themes will be explored through the eyes of an unnamed narrator, one of two “brown girls who dream of being dancers.” However, only one of the two girls has the talent and …
March is Women’s History Month, which means now is the perfect time to brush up on your feminism. If you don’t know where to start, check out our list below! We’ve highlighted some of the most important feminist works in history. The list is in chronological order, from the foundations of feminism to the diverse modern movement of today. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft Book Buttons Embed ISBN: 9780879755256 This one is pretty dense, but it’s also perhaps the single most important piece of writing in the history of the women’s movement. It was written all the …
If you love to read, we have some great news for you: according to new research, regular readers are healthier and more empathetic than non-readers. Can you imagine how excited your fellow readers must be about this? You can, of course, because you’re so empathetic. The new research comes from The Reading Agency and was conducted on its behalf by BOP Consulting. The researchers surveyed readers and non-readers from all different age groups and found that readers of all ages were healthier and more empathetic than their non-reading peers. The benefits are huge and wide-reaching: according to the report, reading can …
Is your reading list worldly enough? This infographic is here to help. The folks at BooksontheWall.com have pinpointed the settings of major novels on a map of the world. The graphic is divided into sections by continent, so you can see which novels take place near each other. You can also check to see if there are any continents you need to brush up on, and can use the graphic’s suggestions to fill the gaps. For instance, if you’re a little behind on your fiction located in Asia, the graphic’s suggestions include Haruki Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Sorting the stories by …
Helen Garner will probably start checking her junk email more often after this. The Australian writer was going through her junk mail folder when she discovered a notice that told her she’d won an American literary prize worth $150,000! That’s over $200,000 in Garner’s native Australia. According to The Guardian, the email first struck Garner as untrustworthy. It claimed to be from someone at Yale University, explained that this person had good news, and asked Garner to supply her phone number. She was pretty skeptical. But after checking with her publisher and with Yale officials, she was stunned to learn the truth: she’d won one of Yale’s …
