Just a reminder that when Shakespeare was quarantined because of the plague, he wrote ‘King Lear. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner from The New Yorker gives us an imagined quarantine journal… Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free! Day 1: Quills lined up. Nibs sharp. Parchment ready. No death knells yet … Read more
According to Lesley M.M. Blume from Town & Country, this is the true story of how Ernest Hemingway, his wife Hadley, his mistress Pauline Pfieffer, his son Bumby, and the nanny spent a summer on lockdown… Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free! Last week, a letter … Read more
Christopher Walken is an American actor best known for movies such as The Deer Hunter and Pulp Fiction. His diverse and eccentric style makes Walken a cult icon amongst film fans, and his voice has been imitated any times but nothing is as good as the original. Never one to shy away from an interesting … Read more
The present emergency has brought with it a lot of forced family time, and parents with children at home are hard pressed to find activities, according to Katherine A. Powers of The Washington Post… Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free! Downloadable audiobooks present a solution, and here … Read more
The audiobook platform has said that, for as long as schools are closed, anyone can listen to a vast selection of its titles, according to Thomas Lin from RadioTimes… Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free right now! Good news for those stuck at home in isolation: Audible … Read more
New research suggests there might be a connection between reading YA books and increased empathy and integrity, according to Kelly Jensen from BookRiot… Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free right now! A new study from University of Oklahoma researchers Jessica E. Black and Jennifer L. Barnes published … Read more
A self-quarantine is as good a time as any to start that Great American Novel, according to Josh Kurp at Uproxx.com… Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free right now! George R.R. Martin is being productive, and waiting out the coronavirus pandemic by writing and hopefully finishing … Read more
BookScan recognizes the growing influence of women authors at the heart of the U.S. book industry, according to PR Newswire… Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free right now! According to global information company The NPD Group, 67 percent of unit sales in the top 100 literary fiction … Read more