1/31/2024 0 Comments First crossword editor nyt![]() Jenny Offill’s acclaimed 2014 novel - the slim piece of autofiction Dept. Jenny Offill: Storm Warning Not all big books are big. Also hear from some audience members to see wha… Interview - Malachy Tallack & Kathleen Winter (2015) Journeys through northern landscapes are fascinating to writers on both sides of the Atlantic, and we spoke to Malachy Tallack, originally from Shetland, and Canadian writer Kathleen Winter to compare notes. Monica Cantieni’s The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons, translated by Donal McLaughlin, tells the deeply moving story of a young girl’s long wait… Monica Cantieni & Sunjeev Sahota (2015 Event) Watch two authors who explore the immigrant experience powerfully in their unforgettable new novels. What can be done to recalibrate democratic discourse? Well, maybe thoughtful Book Festival discussio… ![]() Careful discourse is often replaced by lies, media stunts and juvenile sloganeering. The second in the Dark Star trilogy Moon Witch, Spider King draws inventively…Įd Miliband & Ece Temelkuran: The World We Want Around the world, politics has been trending towards infantilisation. Marlon James: A Fantastical Star What does a writer do once they’ve won the Booker Prize? If you’re the indefatigable Marlon James, you embark on a wildly ambitious series that defies easy characterisation. Highlights of the 2014 Edinburgh International Book Festival Just a few of the highlights of the 2014 Book Festival - what a wonderful year we had!… In these video highlights from his 2007 event, he talks about the long shadow of imperialism, hidden censorship and … John Pilger Radical, passionate and often controversial, John Pilger is one of the most important free spirits in worldwide journalism and filmmaking. This is a live event, with an author Q&A. Joining him in this event is Adrienne Raphel, author of Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them. Pour yourself a drink and gather with The New York Times’s digital crossword editor Joel Fagliano to discover in real time how a crossword is made, how the team works, and you’ll get to take part in a live mini crossword-making session. More than 75 years later, people are still turning to The New York Times Crossword in times of crisis for comfort, stimulation and (occasionally) the competitive destruction of friends and family. By 1924, Simon & Schuster had capitalised on the craze, publishing the first crossword book.Ī New York Times Opinion column at the time called the puzzles ‘a primitive sort of mental exercise’ and a ‘sinful waste’ of time, but after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, an editor made the decision to run a crossword puzzle in the paper as an antidote to blackout hours, to offer relief to its war-weary readers.Īnd here we are. The world’s first crossword puzzle was published in 1913. ‘You can’t think of your troubles while solving a crossword.’ Margaret Farrar, Founding Crossword Editor, The New York Times.
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