Move over, Danish crime novels: Hygge is the new literary trend. (The Guardian) Amazon opens third bookstore in Portland. (The Digital Reader) Horrible fathers in literature that will make you appreciate yours this Father's Day. ... Read More »

Paris bookstore carries no books thanks to print-on-demand. (The New York Times) Brontë Society controversy (The Guardian) and backlash. (Newsweek) U.S. publishing has cut 60 per cent of its workforce since 1990, but at least it's ... Read More »

Chuck Palahniuk to pen stories for colouring book. (The Guardian) Oprah releases her summer reading list, which includes Canadian Dan Vyleta's Smoke. (GalleyCat) Italian newspaper sparks outrage by giving away Mein Kampf to readers. (The Independent) ... Read More »

J.K. Rowling pays tribute to Wizarding World of Harry Potter employee killed in Orlando massacre. (Salon) Indigo launches Reco app to share booklists with friends. (Good E-Reader) Akhil Sharma wins €100,000 Dublin International Literary Award. ... Read More »

BookCon merges with New York Comic Con. (Good e-Reader) Glorious Heresies author Lisa McInerney wins 2016 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. (BBC) Kobo releases Canadian ebook report. (Good e-Reader) Kobo parent company Rakuten shutters European retail ... Read More »

Canadian crowdsourced book translates modern terms into Cree. (The Guardian) Canadian golf writer Lorne Rubinstein co-writing Tiger Woods' memoir on 1997 Masters. (GalleyCat) Waterstones leaks news YouTube sensation Zoella will release third book in two years. ... Read More »

LitHub launches "Rotten Tomatoes for books." (LitHub) X-rays reveal "hidden medieval library" in the spines of early printed books. (The Smithsonian) The rediscovery of 19th-century novelist Sarah E. Farro has changed what we know about the black ... Read More »

U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera composes a poem in memory of Muhammad Ali. (Los Angeles Review of Books) BBC presenter Kate Humble told by publisher she's "not pretty enough" to grace her own book ... Read More »

The Sweet Valley High cover artist is taking commissions. (Huffington Post) Shakespeare First Folio sells for $3.68 million (U.S.). (GalleyCat) How ready is the publishing industry for digital publishing? (Publishing Perspectives) Ebook revenue rebounds. (Good e-Reader) ... Read More »

Theatrical adaptation of Alice Munro stories The View from Castle Rock premieres at Edinburgh International Book Festival. (Edinburgh City of Literature) AP Stylebook lowercases "Internet." (TeleRead) Israel repeals controversial Law for the Protection of Literature and Writers. ... Read More »