Life goes on at Profiles in History. When they finished selling Forry Ackerman’s collection they got busy turning wax figures into dollar signs. Two hundred of the Hollywood Wax Museum’s life-size images of celebrities and historic personalities, from Jesus Christ … Continue reading
(1) HOLLY BLACK Q&A. “Holly Black interview: The Cruel Prince author on the boom in faerie fantasy novels, BookTok, and sex scenes” at Slate. What does it feel like now to be surrounded by all these other faerie fantasy books … Continue reading
(1) WANT TO HEAR SOME GOOD NEWS? In “Regarding Audible”, Brandon Sanderson reports progress has been made in moving audiobook distributors toward a fairer royalty structure. Work remains to be done, however. …I’m happy to say that this stand has … Continue reading
(1) WE’RE BACK. “Odysseus becomes first US spacecraft to land on moon in over 50 years” – CNN not only has the story, they enlisted Captain Kirk – William Shatner – to help tell it on the air. The US-made Odysseus … Continue reading
Finalists in 27 competitive categories for the 2024 Audie Awards were announced by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) on January 30. The Audie Awards® recognize excellence in audiobook and spoken word entertainment. The winners will be revealed on March 4. The complete … Continue reading
Celebrate with Chocolate by Marcel Desaulniers (HarperCollins, 2002) Review by Maria Nutick: This is one of the most sensually exciting cookbooks that I’ve ever had the pleasure of adding to my collection. Aside from being an accomplished chef and restaurateur, … Continue reading
(1) INDIE SPIRIT. The 2024 Independent Spirit Awards nominations are out. Full list at Variety: “Indie Spirit Film and TV Nominations 2024 Revealed”. …The annual honors recognize the best of television, as well as film…. Only new TV shows that … Continue reading
(1) BESTSELLING WRITERS WILL OPEN BOOKSTORE. [Item by Anne Marble.] Brian Keene and Mary SanGiovanni are opening an indie bookstore in the historic district of Columbia, Pennsylvania. They’re planning to open it in the spring of 2024. They were inspired … Continue reading
(0) Been having a lot of monitor trouble, so today’s Scroll is short. (1) IN THE FALL. Mark Lawrence calls it the ”Goodreads Droop”. He shared a graph of the performance of his novel The Book That Wouldn’t Burn. … … Continue reading
(1) F&SF. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction’s May-June 2023 cover art is by Maurizio Manzieri. (2) INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE. The International Booker Prize 2023 Shortlist of 6 works was released on April 18. The one longlisted item of genre interest has survived to … Continue reading