Katie Smith, Author at Book and Film Globe

HarperCollins

HarperCollins Strike Continues With No Sign of an End

November 30, 2022December 8, 2022 Katie Smith 2 Comments Angie Thomas, Barbara Kingsolver, Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, Ibram X. Kendi, Meg Cabot, Padma Lakshmi, Veronica Roth

As the labor action enters its third week, we interview a key union member

Hobart

CREATORS Writers

Showdown at Hobart Gulch

October 17, 2022October 24, 2022 Katie Smith 0 Comments Alex Perez, Elizabeth Ellen, Hobart, Meghan Daum, Rion Amilcar Scott

Online literary magazine editors resign over Alex Perez interview

Butts

FICTION NON-FICTION

Nine Books To Escape With for Fall

September 14, 2022September 25, 2022 Katie Smith 0 Comments Ali Hazelwood, Angelina M. Lopez, Baek Sehe, Butts, Heather Radke, Love on the Brain, Sulari Gentill, Tricia Hersey

Let’s put pandemic literature behind us with a cultural history of butts

JK Rowling

JK Rowling’s New Protagonist Is Nothing Like JK Rowling, says JK Rowling

August 31, 2022September 20, 2022 Katie Smith 3 Comments Graham Norton, JK Rowling, Robert Galbraith, The Ink Black Heart

The Ink Black Heart’s protagonist gets doxxed—and murdered—for stating her beliefs about gender

HarperCollins Workers Strike

July 20, 2022 Katie Smith 0 Comments HarperCollins, union

Union plans a one-day event over pay, diversity commitments

Persuasion

You Can’t Persuade Me to Like the New ‘Persuasion’

July 14, 2022July 26, 2022 Katie Smith 1 Comment Brandon Tyler, Cosmo Jarvis, Dakota Johnson, Henry Golding, Persuasion, Richard E. Grant

The yassified Jane Austen adaptation has already bombed online

Patterson

James Patterson Checks His Privilege

June 15, 2022June 16, 2022 Katie Smith 0 Comments Dahlia Adler, Gina Denny, James Patterson, Stephen King

Twitter drags rich bestselling novelist after he claims white males have it tough

Indie Authors Criticize Policy That Allows Readers To Return Books to Amazon

June 8, 2022June 22, 2022 Katie Smith 0 Comments Amazon, BookTok, K. Bromberg, Lisa Kessler

If you want to get a book for free, go to the public library

Conversations With Friends

The Latest Sally Rooney Adaptation is a Bust

June 2, 2022June 8, 2022 Katie Smith 0 Comments Bridgerton, Conversations With Friends, Jemima Kirke, Normal People, Sally Rooney

‘Conversations with Friends’ and the conversation around on-screen sex

novels

Seven Novels to Read in 2022

February 3, 2022February 7, 2022 Katie Smith 0 Comments Adrienne Celt, Akwaeke Emezi, C.A. Davids, Chuck Klosterman, Elena Armas, Emily St. John Mandel, End of the World House, Irene Solà, Jennifer Egan, Mohsin Hamid, Olga Lies Draming, T.A. Willberg, The Spanish Love Deception, Xochitl Gonzalez

There are lots of ambitious, genre-defying novels on the docket

Bernardini

Publishing’s Biggest Scammer Has Got Merch Now

January 31, 2022February 2, 2022 Katie Smith 0 Comments

Fans of Filippo Bernadini ironically cash in

Joyce Carol Oates

CREATORS Writers

Joyce Carol Oates Goes to the Rack for Norman Mailer

January 10, 2022January 12, 2022 Katie Smith 0 Comments Joyce Carol Oates, Norman Mailer, The White Negro

She knows he stabbed his wife but loves him anyway

Literary Twitter: The Year In Review

December 20, 2021December 27, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Andy Ngo, Blake Bailey, Casey McQuiston, Chris Cuomo, Colleen Oefelein, Elin Hildebrand, J.K. Rowling, Josh Hawley, Powell's, Stanley Tucci, The New Yorker

Every writer embroiled in a 2021 cancellation controversy is actually thriving

Joyce Carol Oates

CREATORS Writers

Joyce Carol Oates Falls Down a Pronoun Hole

October 7, 2021April 3, 2022 Katie Smith 1 Comment Joyce Carol Oates, Lithub, Them, twitter

Literary Twitter roasts 83-year-old writer for wrongthink

Books

FICTION NON-FICTION

Eight Books to Take You Into Fall

August 20, 2021August 25, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments

And, no, Sally Rooney is not on this list

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