Oxford updates Canadian dictionary (just not the one you're thinking of). (The New Yorker) A 161-year-old bookstore in Boston moves online. (NPR) The Chuck Berry-iest opening chapter in literature. (Melville House) The Handmaid's Tale and Nineteen Eighty-four get ... Read More »

A look inside Merriam-Webster's word archive. (The New York Times) An oral history of a guy who wrote a book and tried to get his friends to read it. (The Millions) CBC's Ann Jansen discusses ... Read More »

Founding New York Review of Books editor Robert Silvers dies. (The New York Times) Does Jane Austen have an alt-right following? (The Independent) Digital manga sales increased by 27 per cent last year. (Good e-Reader) ... Read More »