Looking Back at 2016 Literary News

As a new year begins, it is interesting to look back at the most significant literary news stories of the past year.

Over four days at the end of 2016, Literary Hub did a summary of what they considered to be the top 50 literary news items of the year:       

http://lithub.com/the-biggest-literary-stories-of-the-year-50-to-31/#

http://lithub.com/the-biggest-literary-stories-of-the-year-30-to-16/

http://lithub.com/the-biggest-literary-stories-of-the-year-15-to-6/

http://lithub.com/the-biggest-literary-stories-of-the-year-the-final-5/

Their picks make for interesting reading.

They also compiled a list of notable literary deaths:   http://lithub.com/notable-literary-deaths-in-2016/.