The Good Wife and charm-personified Matthew Goode might just be the next fantasy hero to fawn over (sorry, tons of other white guys before him). The actor just signed on to be the lead in a series pilot based on a sci-fi classic, Deadline Hollywood reports. The pilot, which has yet to be picked up for a full series, is an adaptation of Roadside Picnic, a ’70s novel by Russian writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The writing will be handled by Jack Paglen (Transcendence, sci-fi fans?), and the direction by Alan Taylor, who most likely directed your favorite episodes of Game of Thrones, Mad Men, The Sopranos and almost every …
After last week’s Brexit vote vaulted the state of the United Kingdom into uncertain territory, members of the publishing industry the world over were forced to consider how – and to what extent – books would be affected. What comes next are individual negotiations between UK and EU publishers, which many people are fearing might lose the UK its competitive edge on U.S. editions. However, yesterday (June 27th), Publishing Ireland, representing the industry there, issued a press release pledging its support to the UK’s publishing industry: “Both countries have many common ground issues and as such, we will continue to work with our neighbour on …
In this week’s edition of “news that should be more exciting than it really is”, last-bookstore-standing Barnes and Noble announced that it will be testing the waters for serving alcohol at four new stores this year. What we should be saying is, “finally! No longer do I have to wait until my next book club meeting or Gatsby-themed party to go full Owl-Eyed Man. I can get tipsy in a bookstore without having to sneak in a flask and people can just deal with it!” Pictured: a Barnes & Noble executive meeting (Image:GIPHY) Before we get too excited over the dream of …
If you have any British friends feeling a bit downtrodden today, give them your sympathies. If they’re happy, congratulate them! Yesterday, the United Kingdom decided to leave the European Union, causing many experts to forecast the serious economic repercussions of the Brexit. That might not seem as if it is related to books at all, but leaving would have a significant impact on everyone in the book-world, from publishers to bookstores to writers. Here’s how: Without getting too lost in the numbers and data trends, let’s cover some quick bases. The value of the British Pound has fallen to its lowest since …
‘Kids these days’ are constantly getting derided for spending more time in front of screens than they are behind the covers of books, in the same way that they have been since the Farnsworth Invention. It might’ve been true at one point that there was no educational value in television, but those days are generations past. We’ve been gifted with plenty of wonderful shows over the past 50 years that have traded specifically in keeping little tikes reading, not just ‘glued to the idiot tube’, as my grandmother would say. Here are some of the high-water marks for reading television: …
