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'Gone With the
Wind' Prequel Coming : More than 75 years after the publication
of the epic novel by Margaret Mitchell, a prequel with Mammy at its center is
set for release in October, said Atria, who acquired rights. The Mitchell
estate has authorized the prequel, which was written by Donald McCaig, the
author of one of two authorized “Gone With the Wind” sequels, “Rhett Butler’s
People,” from 2007.
Poehler to Host WBN
2014 : The comedian Amy Poehler has already sharpened her
hosting chops at this year’s Golden Globes, and we can expect some big laughs
on April 23 when the star joins a coalition of publishers, bookseller,
librarians and 25,000 volunteers to give away 500,000 books as a part of World
Book Night U.S.
Chief Inspector:
Book Ban a 'Mistake' : The U.K.'s blanket ban on books being
sent to prisoners is a “mistake” and the policy should be changed, the Chief
Inspector of Prisons has said.
Harper Lee's
Letters Going to Auction : A letter in which the publicity shy
author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" explains that "I simply don't
give interviews, because it takes great skill to ask meaningful questions and
very few people in the media have it", is set to go up for auction.
A Novel Based on
Hopper Painting: The story of Edward Hopper's "Office at
Night," one version, anyway, dreamed up by a couple of fiction writers,
will be serialized on the Walker Art Center’s website throughout April. The
novella, also titled “Office at Night,” by Laird Hunt and Kate Bernheimer, is a
joint project of the Walker and Coffee House Press, which will publish the work
as an e-book in June.
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