by Akina Hansen | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Anne Hathaway has been cast as the lead in the film adaptation of Robinne Lee’s The Idea of You. The novel follows a woman who is approaching 40 and is recently divorced. She’s desperate to rekindle her relationship with her teenage daughter, so she takes her to a...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
There’s only one known recording of the voice of J D Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye. Unfortunately, it’s in possession of a woman who plans to cremate it alongside her when she dies. Betty Eppes is a former reporter who pretended to be a beautiful...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
E B White is known for heartwarming works like Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little – lesser known but just as heartwarming is his obituary for his Dachshund, Daisy, published in a 1932 issue of The New Yorker. In it he describes how she ‘died sniffing life’ as she was...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
John Steinbeck, known for Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men, once wrote a short horror story about a boy being chewed by his own gum. The story, titled ‘The Affair at 7 Rue De M-‘, was published in 1955 in an issue of Harper’s Bazaar. It follows a boy...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Haruki Murakami is loved by many readers, but not by the residents of a small Japanese town. In his story ‘Drive My Car’, set in a real town called Nakatonbetsu, a character sees someone toss a lit cigarette out a car window and muses, ‘Probably this is something...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Several renowned authors have made cameos in famous films and television episodes totally unrelated to their work. Examples include Thomas Pynchon on ‘The Simpsons’ (twice depicted with a paper bag over his head), Salman Rushdie inexplicably at a party...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
In Australia we love to give bizarre slang names to things, and our currency is no different. According to Macquarie Dictionary, a prawn is a five-dollar note, a blue swimmer is a ten-dollar note, a lobster is a fifty-dollar note, and a jolly green giant is the...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Former President Abraham Lincoln wrote a true crime story. It’s common for presidents to turn their hand to written word after their reign, usually in the form of memoir. But how many Presidents have written true crime? Just one in fact – Abraham Lincoln....
by Akina Hansen | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Acclaimed actor Ewan McGregor is set to star as the lead in a series adaptation of A Gentleman in Moscow. A novel by Amor Towles. Ewan McGregor is best known for his roles in the ‘Star Wars’ franchise, Trainspotting and Moulin Rouge!. McGregor will play...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Author Meg Cabot is publishing the next instalment in her popular ‘Princess Diaries’ series net year. The book will be set during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and is titled, The Quarantine Princess Diaries. The Princess Diaries was first...
