Poe Baltimore, the organization which is going to take over the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum in Baltimore, has announced the date of reopening: October 4, 2013. This does not simply mean that the old museum will be reopened – although located on the same premises and displaying most… Read More →
As it was revealed the previous week, the true author of the detective novel Cuckoo’s Calling released back in April is not a Robert Galbraith, but the world-famous British novelist Joanne Rowling, the author of best-selling Harry Potter series. It is hard to say now why it has turned out… Read More →
The latest news and statistics show that incomes of movie writers, as well as their numbers, decrease steadily over the last 3 or 4 years: for example, according to the annual report of the Writers’ Guild of America, their overall incomes in 2012 fell 6.1 percent, and the number of… Read More →
Sir Mervyn King, the outgoing governor of the Bank of England, has announced that Jane Austen may become the new face of the 10-pound note, replacing Charles Darwin who occupied this place previously. The final decision is yet to be made; it depends on King’s successor, Mark Carney, but the… Read More →
