Harry Potter fans have a lot to look forward to this fall with the release of a new addition to the Wizarding World. J.K. Rowling’s beloved series began in the 1990s, has sold millions of copies and inspired eight movies (plus a spinoff...
Onyx recently released the Boox Go 10.3, and it’s their first 10″ model to have a 300ppi E Ink screen (they’ve been selling 10″ models with 300ppi that use color E Ink, but this is their first black and white...
Here is what is being considered the biggest exposure from digital piracy ever to be recorded in cyber history. The details of almost 10 million users have been exposed in the dark web which supersedes the previous biggest recorded data...
Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller, “The Yellow Bus,” took him in a different direction — one that required time, patience and toothpicks.
A frazzled dachshund; a rebellious goatherd; standing up to your family; a dystopian vision of marriage and more Hot Dog by Doug Salati, Pushkin, £12.99 When the summer city is just too hot, a frazzled dachshund is whisked away for a...
Two girls set out to catch the Yorkshire Ripper in this vividly narrated novel of adolescent curiosity and confusion Set in Yorkshire in 1979 shortly after the election of Margaret Thatcher, Jennie Godfrey’s novel revolves around a...
The Irish author on the allure of Nabokov, the comfort of Yeats and the power of Winnie-the-Pooh My earliest reading memory Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty when I was about eight or nine, sitting in the back of my mother’s parked Mini one hot...
A sensitive account of the poet’s wild life on the West Coast The subtitle of this biography alludes to a line from Hardy that Thom Gunn used as the epigraph for his last collection, Boss Cupid: “Well, it’s a cool queer tale.”...
A fascination with words and symbols provides a unifying theme in this richly ambiguous collection of short stories A courtroom artist sees the features of her date in the face of a defendant. A woman stranded on the pavement when...
Born into a patrician family, he used Harper’s and later his own Lapham’s Quarterly to denounce what he saw as the hypocrisies and injustices of a spoiled United States.
Kobo has released its first generation of colour e-readers a couple of months ago. They initially ordered one million units of the Clara Colour and Libra Colour. The upstream supply chain can easily handle two additional million units to...
Google recently launched the Comics hub in Japan which is tailored specifically for manga enthusiasts, TechCrunch reported. Placed prominently at the top and in between the “For You” and “Top Charts” sections, the...
One thing about Kindle ereaders that’s kind of unique (and strange) is the fact that newer models don’t offer very many upgrades if you’re coming from an older model, even going back as much as 10 years. When it comes...
Amazon is planning to launch a paid model of its Alexa smart AI voice assistant service, The Wall Street Journal reported. While the specifics are yet to be revealed, there already are reports of Amazon considering a $10 per month...
From Covid misinformation to the JFK assassination, these compelling reads explore how conspiracies seduce believers Effective conspiracy theories draw in believers by appearing to give a glimpse behind the curtain, of how the world...
“It’s nice to work with faculty without that inbuilt prejudice against genre,” says the author of “I Was a Teenage Slasher.” “Or, I’m a little bit tall, so it’s tricky to look down your nose at me.”
A young girl is bereft when her mother goes to England, in this vivid debut of family sacrifices and secrets On an unnamed Caribbean island in the 1960s, a girl named Wheeler, the youngest of three sisters, is left in the care of...
A lively biography of the public schoolboy who became a scourge of corrupt politicians and dodgy businessmen Not long before he died in 2004, Paul Foot wrote an obituary of his friend Tony Cliff, with whom he worked for many years...
Sharp Electronics has launched its Sharp EPC131 and EPC251 Advanced Colour Display Series in Canada, the website wifihifi reported. The 13-inch and 25-inch sized e-paper displays are designed to be the perfect digital alternative to...
New technology doesn’t always fully replace its predecessors. For example, while streaming services dominate, broadcast TV is expected to endure for decades. Similarly, despite the rise of ebooks, many still cherish printed books....
She was, she said, unable to cook a basic meal into her mid-20s. But she went on to a successful career as a restaurateur and an authority on Asian cuisine.
Japanese publishers face staggering losses of up to $5 billion annually due to manga piracy. As NHK World stated, it can take up to a month for a manga to be translated manually from Japanese to other international languages like English...
A savage indictment of years of Conservative rule and how social democracy can set it right No sooner had the exit poll dropped on election night than commentators were warning that Labour had a mountain to climb and there was no...
“The Secret Lives of Numbers,” by Kate Kitagawa and Timothy Revell, highlights overlooked contributions to the field by ancient thinkers, non-Westerners and women.
The group worked for decades to build the profile of the genre and its writers. Now romance fiction is booming — but the R.W.A. has filed for bankruptcy. What happened?
Colorful primers, inspirational biographies and books by former champions will get kids excited for the Paris Games — and teach valuable lessons along the way.
The fashion designer provides an uneven account of her multicoloured career Ever since arriving in swinging 60s London with a bag full of acid-coloured geometric prints and a signature style comprising zigzag eyebrows and pink hair,...
The inner thoughts of an Irish community speak volumes about the state of the nation in Donal Ryan’s sequel to The Spinning Heart Donal Ryan made a stir straight out of the gate. His first novel, The Spinning Heart , published a dozen...
Amazon has just introduced a significant new feature on Kindle for iPhone. It is called Assistive Reader and is geared towards people with learning disabilities. Supported Kindle Books will have it read aloud with a generic AI voice, and...
Amazon has released a new software update for the 10th and 11th Generation Kindle e-readers, including the Kindle Scribe. The 5.16.10.0.1 update primarily applies to the reading lists. Your Reading Lists is now Your Lists. Your Lists now...
• Not being an Apple TV+ subscriber , I haven’t yet begun watching Lady in the Lake , the seven-part series based on Laura Lippman’s 2019 novel of that same title. But it premiered last Friday, July 19. The Guardian offers the following...
It isn’t just the Smart 5 Pro E Ink tablet that iReader has come up with; the company also offers the Ocean 4 series of e-reader devices. Specifically, two versions of the Ocean 4 devices have been launched – the Ocean 4...
Camila Sosa Villada, an Argentine transgender author, first inhabited a female voice in stories she wrote as a child. Now her novels are translated in more than 20 languages and being adapted for the screen.
iReader has a new E Ink tablet to offer, which it has named the Smart 5 Pro, ITHome reported. The company claims that the new Smart 5 Pro impresses with its high-resolution e-paper display and boasts superior performance. The e-note is...
The Kindle Scribe is on sale again though this time, it is a certified refurbished version that is on offer. The range starts with the 16 GB version which is now selling for $234.99 which is 24 percent less than the list price of...
It’s that time again. Amazon’s Kindle ereaders are getting another round of software updates, and they’re getting a bit carried away with decimal points on this one. The new firmware version is 5.16.10.0.1, and...
Author Will Ludwigsen earns his “Explain Your Latest Work” badge with this Big Idea about A Scout is Brave. Come find out how scouting and chthonic horror join forces to… well, you’ll find out. WILL LUDWIGSEN: How...
In March thousands of Russians gathered in Moscow’s Red Square to celebrate Vladimir Putin’s reelection, waving tricolor flags before the jubilant domes of Saint Basil’s Cathedral. The rock band Lyube, whose nationalist music has been a...