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August 06, 2014

Looking for book cover design pointers from publishing house art directors and graphic designers.

Fat Man and Little Boy

August 06, 2014

Fat Man struggles in the wreckage of World War II Japan until he is found by his older brother, Little Boy.

August 04, 2014

Before the publication of his dirty letters, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man revealed Joyce to be quite the kink.

August 04, 2014

The prize’s first “global” longlist proves the skeptics right.

August 01, 2014

On the anniversary of its publication, the final chapter of this Victorian classic continues to baffle.

August 01, 2014

Written in 2014, Charles Dickens’s serialized novel would be released on Twitter — and be a hell of a lot shorter.

Drifting

August 01, 2014

In a flash, a couple's Caribbean island getaway transforms into tragedy.

July 31, 2014

Today is Harry Potter’s birthday ... or so I am told.

July 31, 2014

Celebrating Harry Potter’s birthday by discovering who the hell Harry Potter is.

July 30, 2014

Today marks the 79th anniversary of Penguin Books’ launch, which ushered in a paperback revolution.

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