This year the holy month of fasting known as Ramadan runs from May 15th until June 14th. It occurs in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and in Islamic culture it is the most sacred month of the year. In a…

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This year the holy month of fasting known as Ramadan runs from May 15th until June 14th. It occurs in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and in Islamic culture it is the most sacred month of the year. In a…
Collectors and admirers of old books will want to know about the discovery and imminent sale of an early al-Tusi astronomical manuscript which will go on the block at Christies in London this coming week. From the Christies blog: “In the world…
We’re not certain if this is depressing, interesting or worthy of hopefulness, but CNN lets us know that “Since January, each book at the top of The New York Times best-seller list has had one thing in common: President Trump.” From CNN…
Kyra Sedgwick has been nominated for the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Miniseries for her work on Lifetime’s Story of a Girl, based on the novel by Sara Zarr. From Deadline Hollywood: …Lifetime’s Story of a Girl…
Acclaimed poet and literary critic J.D. “Sandy” McClatchy died Tuesday night at home in Manhattan after a long battle with cancer. He was 72. McClatchy was the author of eight volumes of poetry, including Hazmat, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer…
Hugh Lofting’s The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle came out in 1922. As Wikipedia notes, “It is nearly five times as long as its predecessor and the writing style is pitched at a more mature audience. The scope of the novel is vast;…
Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey turns 50 today. (No, really!) A restored version of the film will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May. After that it will be released at theaters around the US. The anniversary marks a…
The Hulu series based on Margaret Atwood’s seminal dystopic novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) has been a success in every way such things can be counted. It has won awards and commanded a huge audience, both of which should bode well for…
Bestselling author and renowned physicist Stephen Hawking died earlier today at home in Cambridge, England. He was 76. From Deadline Hollywood: Hawking became a celebrity thanks to his A Brief History of Time best-seller and his striking struggle against the ravages of…
So sad to lose two crime fiction notables last week: Australian novelist Peter Temple, who died Thursday at age 71; and American mystery and science-fiction writer Kate Wilhelm, who expired on that very same day at age 89. The Rap Sheet reports…