Master Spy Novelist John le Carré Has Passed Away
We’ve lost a giant. John le Carré, who transitioned from working for MI6 in real life to writing some of the best novels about espionage (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; The Spy Who Came in from the Cold), has passed away at the age of 89. You can read fellow authors’ tributes, and about his career and life in countless obituaries, and a quick search will also bring up many of his great interviews. He will be missed by many.
Another Book Heist Solved
It feels like this year we’ve linked to a few book heist stories that sounded like fictional movie plots but were far from. Now we have another involving a 2017 heist where thieves broke a skylight and dropped down into a warehouse to steal more than £2.5m worth of manuscripts and books, which included “works by Sir Isaac Newton, Galileo, Leonardo da Vinci and the 18th-century Spanish painter Francisco de Goya.”
Judges Named for 2021 Eisner Awards
Are you looking forward to anything and everything 2021, hoping it’ll be a long leap from 2020? Well Comic-Con International has announced the six judges for the 2021 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. Check out the announcement and their bios.
7 Questions About the New BRIDGERTON Trailer
A list of seven questions one fan has about the BRIDGERTON trailer as she eagerly awaits the series premier on Netflix.