Margaret Atwood among writers appealing to the Chinese government for release of Nobel Prize–winning poet Liu Xiabo on the seventh anniversary of his arrest. (The Guardian)
- New York Public Library opens reading-recommendations booth. (Galleycat)
- Mexico gets its own booksellers’ association. (Publishing Perspectives)
- Watch 2015 Nobel Laureate in Literature Svetlana Alexievich deliver her Nobel lecture. (Melville House)
- Innovative publishing: Author Wally Lamb is the first to publish his book as an original app (Electric Literature), and artist Kelli Anderson’s This Book is a Camera is actually, well, a camera. (PSFK)
- Oprah fans can look forward to a new memoir in 2017. (Huffington Post)
- A roundup of the year’s best literary YouTubers. (Good E-reader)
- Infographic: books vs. their film adaptations. (Digital Book World)
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