The theatrical trailer for the movie adaptation of Michael Bond’s beloved children’s classic, Paddington, was released this week. The film will star the likes of Sally Hawkins, Colin Firth, and Nicole Kidman, and it will be released in theaters later this year.
Paddington Gets a Trailer
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Is Alejandro Zambra the new great Latin American writer? James Wood thinks he is. In the latest New Yorker, he describes how Zambra’s new story collection alerted him to the writer’s oeuvre, going on to analyze all three of the writer’s novels in English. You could also read our 2011 interview with Zambra.
Recommended Reading from Roxane Gay
Book Riot has compiled a list of Roxane Gay’s recommended reads via Twitter. Some of her choices include Citizen by Claudia Rankine, God Help the Child by Toni Morrison, and City on Fire by our own Garth Risk Hallberg. See more books Gay recommends in our Year in Reading column.
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Wyatt Mason on Lipsky/Wallace
The David Foster Wallace interview, Although of Course..., comes under the scrutiny of one of Wallace's most attentive readers, in the NYRB.
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Ready Your Bookmarks, Ladies and Gentlemen
Hear ye, hear ye! The annual Morning News Tournament of Books has begun! (ICYMI: I wrote about their bracket last week.)
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Overlooked Books of the Decade
The Daily Beast offers up a list of "the most overlooked reads of the past 10 years - none of which involve a wizard, a vampire, or a code" from John McGahern's By the Lake to Pandora in the Congo by Albert Sanchez Pinol.
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Where the Books Are
Ever visited a new city and found yourself in need of a bookstore? Well, if it happens again, and you're in the US, you can just use Google Maps, which now features the locations of the country's public libraries and bookstores. (h/t Bookforum)