November 17, 2018

This week: researchers rediscover Bram Stoker’s lost reference materials, J.K. Rowling takes her former assistant to court, Comics legend Stan Lee passes away, Russia censors LGBT books, the National Book Awards were handed out, Toxic is the OED word of the year, and Tanzania holds two journalists for questioning. All this, plus the New York Times and Publisher’s Weekly bestseller lists and the latest news from aois21, Literally This Week. aois21 audio would like your help! We are currently conducting surveys of listeners to several of our podcast series. Visit www.surveys.aois21.com or the homepage of each podcast to find the link. It will only take a couple minutes of your time and we will thank you with 21% off any purchase from the aois21 market and enter you for a chance to win a $25 Visa gift card. This episode is brought to you by Audible. Get access to over 180,000 audiobooks with your first month free. Visit www.audibletrial.com/aois21 and your first book is on us! This podcast is also brought to you by Target. Save today on books, movies, and video games. Visit http://goto.target.com/aois21. It is also sponsored by Small Business Saturday. Don’t forget to visit your local small businesses next Saturday as you start your holiday shopping. Visit americanexpress.com/shopsmall to find out hot to participate and Shop Small! Literally This Week is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Play, TuneIn, Spotify, Podomatic, and www.audio.aois21.com. You can support this podcast either by buying an ad through Advertisecast, or on the aois21 page on Patreon. For news during the week, follow @aois21 on Twitter. If there’s a story we missed, tweet to us with the #literallythisweek and we’ll check it out.