Orwell & Buddicom
George Orwell’s childhood friend and sweetheart, Jacintha Buddicom, may have omitted the truth about their falling-out from her 1974 memoir.
George Orwell’s childhood friend and sweetheart, Jacintha Buddicom, may have omitted the truth about their falling-out from her 1974 memoir.
A writer who wrangled with his publisher over cover art, and lost, enlisted an artist to “produce a sticker that can be placed over the original paperback cover.” (Also via.)
Some school librarians want to ban The Higher Power of Lucky, this year’s Newbery Award winner, because it contains the word “scrotum.” Justine Larbalestier responds.
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