Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die discussion

Just saw this I on a Danish news paper, but apparently it is all over the news:
“It may be the most unexpected sequel in the history of publishing. Harper Lee, the author who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird then maintained 55 years of silence, is to reveal what happened next.
In an announcement that stunned the literary world, Lee, 88, said that she is to publish her second novel this summer, revisiting Scout and Atticus Finch. “

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celeb...

http://politiken.dk/kultur/boger/ECE2...

Go Set a Watchman Expected publication: July 14th 2015

Marked "to read" by 2,994 people.

I'm sure I'll read it, but I'm kind of bummed to hear she's coming out with another book. TKAM is one of my favorite books, and may well be one of the most perfectly written books (in my opinion of course), that how can she hope to recapture that? Why now?

I heard an item on NPR this morning. Some one felt that they thought she was being taken advantage of. I guess her sister used to be her agent/attorney but now she's passed away.

http://www.npr.org/2015/02/04/3838545...

The news report I saw was this novel to be released this year was written before To Kill a Mockingbird.

It's usually about the money.

More on this: A Town Divided Over The Next Chapter Of An Iconic Harper Lee Book

http://kplu.org/post/town-divided-ove...

That is a really rare thing for me: I have removed a book from my to-read list. After having seen the reception of Go Set a Watchman, I am skipping that. There are so may great books and not enough time for them all.

I am conflicted. The book is supposed to be well written but may not be what I would like to read. The more I hear about the book the more conflicted I get.

It's really interesting. I may read it, I may not. But Harper Lee should be gratified how much her creations matter to readers.

From BBC Radio 4:

Open Book: Reader's Guide to Milan Kundera

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0607247

Mariella Frostrup is joined by Benjamin Markovits to talk about his new novel You Don't Have to Live Like This: A Novel. It's an ambitious story of a group of old college friends who attempt to find a new direction by living in a regeneration project in Detroit.

We discuss Milan Kundera's new novel The Festival of Insignificance. Publisher Elena Lappin and Benjamin Markovits share their view on this and recommend their favourite from his earlier work.

Alan Samson, non-fiction publisher at Weidenfeld and Nicholson, recommends a collection of cultural essays from South American literary giant Mario Vargas Llosa in our Editor's Tip for July.

And finally with the eagerly anticipated publication of Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman, over fifty years since To Kill a Mockingbird first came out, Professor Diane Roberts looks at Lee's place in the literary traditions of the south.