Ian McEwan is going after religion in his latest novel. The Children Act will focus on the conflict of parents who refuse medical treatment for their children due to religious beliefs. You can expect the book in September.
New McEwan on the Way
Gives a Whole New Meaning to “Posting Up with a Book”
For those awkward outdoor situations in which you can't overtly clutch a book to passively inform onlookers "hey, I read," Fieldcandy has designed a tent that looks like a book.
Two Feet Bad
"Children have a keen sense of injustice, and this was the thing that upset me the most: the pigs were so unjust." Margaret Atwood recalls an early love of George Orwell.
Thanks for Nothing, Dickens
Want to publish anonymously (and then stay that way)? Be thankful you're not friends with Charles Dickens.
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New York Magazine Previews the Fall
In New York Magazine, critic Sam Anderson offers a list of this fall's Most Anticipated Books. (We posted our own in July.)
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The Great Silence
"I and my fellow parrots are right here. Why aren’t they interested in listening to our voices?" New short fiction from Ted Chiang over at Electric Literature (and introduced by Year in Reading alum Karen Jay Fowler)! Pair with our encyclopedic survey of primate lit.
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