Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today's stories:
The latest in a string of surprisingly young novelists, a fifteen-year-old French writer's debut will be published next week, making her the youngest author to publish a book in France this year, according to the Independent.
Apparently Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, was based on an actual "humpbacked" sculptor who worked on the nineteenth century restoration of the Parisian cathedral. (Star)
The National Library Board of Singapore now has a Facebook app that allows you to link your library account with your Facebook page. (FutureGov)
A collection of short stories by gay youths has been removed from two New Jersey libraries despite the fact that the book, called Revolutionary Voices, "faced no official challenge at the library and the library's commissioners had not voted on its removal." (Courier-Post)
Applewood Books has completed the purchase of Commonwealth Editions and will continue to operate Commonwealth as a separate imprint. Both presses are based in Massachusetts. (Publishers Weekly)
Need a subtitle for that nonfiction book you've been working on? Try Subtitle-O-Matic, via Publishers Weekly.
Why is Southern Miami-Dade County in Florida a "virtual black hole for bookstores," according to the Miami New Times?
Despite yesterday's reports that Scarlett Johansson may land the role of Lisbeth Salander in the forthcoming The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo adaptation, today's official reports claim the role has gone to Rooney Mara, a relatively unknown American actress. (Telegraph)
