Peter K Austin’s top 10 endangered languages: The linguistics professor and author shares a personal selection from the thousands of languages on the brink of disappearing. [Guardian]
The Ten Best Thrillers: If you have a penchant for things that go bump in the night, our guide to the best thrillers should provide a spooky read. [Independent]
Virgin Comics Shut Down: Virgin Comics, the high-profile 2006 international joint venture between Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and the India-based comics publisher Gotham Entertainment, has been shut down. The company’s New York office and publishing unit has been closed and the eight people that staff it have been laid off. [Publishers Weekly]
American literary prize blacklists Random House: An American book prize has blacklisted Random House following its “cowardly self-censorship” of Sherry Jones’s novel The Jewel of Medina. The Langum Charitable Trust, which awards two yearly $1,000 (£550) prizes, has said that until the novel is published, it “will not consider submissions of any books, for any of our prizes, from Random House or any of its affiliates”. [Guardian]
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