Simon Cowell’s New Contest Is Looking For A Children’s Book Writer
Simon Cowell, known for the Got Talent and American Idol competition shows, has a new competition unlike the others: he’s looking for a children’s writer. Why? Because he and his son Eric have a book series, Wishfits, filled with hybrid animals that needs a storyteller’s help.
Short Story Collection The Things They Carried Being Adapted
Tim O’Brien’s short story collection, The Things They Carried–set in the Vietnam War and based on the author’s experiences–is being adapted into a film. The cast will now include Stephan James and Ashton Sanders, who join Tye Sheridan, Tom Hardy, Martin Sensmeier, and Bill Skarsgård.
40,000 Early Modern Maps Digitized By British Library
My favorite game: what has been digitized now? The British Library has digitized 40,000 maps from 1500 to 1824 that were part of the Topographical Collection of King George III. And about 18,000 have been uploaded for viewing on their Flickr page: Commons collection.