It National Library Week and Brad Melzter salutes school librarians in (The Huffington Post)

Here’s an update from the American Library Association, including the current list of most-frequently challenged books on the library shelves. (ALA)

And here’s a hopeful look, courtesy of library champions in the UK. (The Guardian)

World Book Night is April 23rd. See where all the support came from in the US. (Publishers Weekly)

The third installment of William Manchester’s exhaustive biography of Winston Churchill is due out this Fall. (The Washington Post)

Israel closes its gates to poet, Guenter Grass. (The Huffington Post)

Katniss Everdeen Barbie makes me want to be nine years old again almost more than I can say. (Entertainment Weekly)

Publishers are working awfully hard to fertilize the idea that readers want more clickables in their ebooks. (wired.com)

Mike Wallace: journalist, interviewer, author, dead at 93. (CBS News)

“On this day in 1553 the French monk, physician, humanist scholar and writer, Francois Rabelais died. His influential and much-imitated satiric masterpiece, Gargantua and Pantagruel (five books, 1532-52) is in the mock-quest tradition, with the emphasis decidedly on the ‘mock.’ The author’s lampoon of religious orders, lawyers, Sorbonne pedants and just about every other power-group going brought condemnation…” (Today In Literature)

Columnist, John Derbyshire, is fired from The National Review for his article instructing white and Asian parent on how to counsel their children on the dangers of black people. (Politico)

BookRiot’s ‘Book Fetish’ feature has some pretty cool stuff on display. (BookRiot)

The Guardian asks an illustrious panel to name the books they read again and again. (The Guardian)

Author, Michael Morpurgo, talks about how WAR HORSE changed his life and his work. (The Telegraph)

If you’re stumped for Easter books, Kirkus can help. (Kirkus)

Levi Asher profiles Alain De Botton’s work over at (LitKicks)

Writer, Katherine Russell Rich, dies at 56. (The New York Times)

“On this day in 1950, J. D. Salinger’s ‘For Esme — With Love and Squalor’ was published in The New Yorker. Though still fifteen months away from the fame of The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger had many stories published in the high-circulation magazines at this point, and had drawn increasing attention from critics, fans and even Hollywood…” (Today In Literature)

Poet, Guenter Grass, explains the where the pointy end of his controversial poem is sunk. (The Denver Post)

The Indies Choice Book Award nominees are sampled for your review. (GalleyCat)

Jane Austen: she’s not just just for the girls. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Nabakov and Shakespeare, both born in April, compared and contrasted over at (Bookslut)

Tomorrow your pancreas may be overtaxed by chocolate bunnies and marshmallow chicks. Today, test your literary sweet smarts. (The Guardian)

Author, Anne Tyler, has a chat with (The Chicago Sun Times)

Nancy Goldstone diagrams the inspiration for her book, THE MAID AND THE QUEEN. (Salon)

District 12, the home of Katniss Everdeen, is up for sale in North Carolina. (The Baltimore Sun)

Chloe Schama makes the case that maybe women do in fact like girly books, and why it’s okay. (The New Republic)

“On this day in 1977, the pulp-noir writer Jim Thompson died. Thompson was one of the most durable and prolific of the mid-century pulp writers, a specialist in dark motives, twisted deeds and crime novels which, says biographer Robert Polito, ‘lanced a boil on the American Dream.’ Although success came late and left early, Thompson kept at it and kept hopeful…” (Today In Literature)

THREE CUPS OF TEA author, Greg Moretenson, ends up on the hook for $1 million for spending his charity’s money in ways that didn’t go over well. (NBC News)

Jonathan Lethem composes a wonderful ode to fandom in his latest essay in (The New York Times)

The mash-up wizard, Seth Grahame-Smith, also seems to be a Hollywood Midas. (The Wall Street Journal)

Booksellers weigh in with their disappointment over Google’s abandonment of indies. (Publishers Weekly)

Survey finds at least 1 in 5 Americans are reading electronically. (The Daily Beast)

… the bad new is that the survey also shows that at least 50 million Americans didn’t read a book at all last year.. (The Huffington Post)

The info is up on 2012’s National Book Fair. (The Library of Congress)

… and also for The Hay Festival. (The Telegraph)

In a reach to  scrape some foam off the tidal wave of press and money, De Capo Press spoofs the fanfiction-turned-erotic-megaseller with their parody, FIFTY SHAMES OF EARL GREY. (USA Today)

“On this day in 1839 Stendhal’s last novel, a product of 52 consecutive days of dictation, appeared in French bookshops. The aging author had begun employing a copyist in 1835, when wearing glasses became a necessity. Stendhal complained that the process of dictation proved annoyingly boring, but he couldn’t seem to write while wearing spectacles…” (Today In Literature)

It’s baseball season again. And baseball book season as well. (BarnesandNoble.com)

Chip Kidd talks books covers at TED and it’s all featured at (The Huffington Post)

Ted Genoways leaves The Virginia Quarterly review to pursue his own writing. (The New York Times)

The vibrant habit of reading allowed is lauded at (The Guardian)

David Rieff is painfully honest about his mother, Susan Sontag. (The Telegraph)

In an unusual brand of jacket-note, Vintage Books states a disclaimer on 50 SHADES OF GREY’s fanfiction incarnation, MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE. (GalleyCat)

Now you can access the OPAC library catalogs with an app! (The Digital Shift)

The Walrus launches a book imprint with Margaret Atwood’s short, I DREAM OF ZENIA WITH THE BRIGHT RED RED TEETH. (Quill & Quire)

Amazon opens a Spanish ebook store. (Publishers Weekly)

Short stories pinned to pedestrians. Hmmm. That’s different. (The LA Times)

Google dials down its ebook access to Google Play only. (GalleyCat)

“On this day in 1926, H. L. Mencken was arrested by the Boston vice squad, charged with the possession and sale of indecent literature. The literature in question was the April, 1926 issue of Mencken’s American Mercury magazine, found offensive for a short story entitled ‘Hatrack,’ by Herbert Asbury…” (Today In Literature)

At fifty-something, debut novelist Charlotte Rogan looks poised to take over a few bestseller lists with THE LIFEBOAT. (The New York Times)

Mark Twain’s obsession with Joan of Arc, pondered at (The Awl)

‘My Mother, My Translator’ is a wonderful look at story, language, and the bonds of culture and blood. (Granta Magazine)

Goodreads has a nice monthly newsletter with bookish news and a preview of new releases. Check it out! (goodreads)

Frank Langella’s book launch party fairly glittered with stars. Apparently, there’s no grudge for the amount of dirt he dished on the dead. (The Chicago Tribune)

Here’s a fun list of songs inspired by books and authors. (BookRiot)

Did you know that Amazon lets authors see who’s highlighted in their Kindle books and Tweeted from the Kindle Fire? (wildfiremarketing)

Pulitzer-winner, Gene Weingarten, gives his insights to the writers and readers at (Writer’s Digest)

The National Magazine Awards earn a scowl for being more than a bit lopsided. There’s not a single woman nominated in the major categories. (The New York Daily News)

And here’s a quick check to see if your online site(s) have malware burrs. (GalleyCat)

“On this day in 1928 Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, as Marguerite Johnson. As a child she got the nickname ‘maya’ (’mine’) from her brother; she chose the ‘Angelou’ later, an adaptation of her first husband’s name, taken at the beginning of her stage career. The title of the first and most famous volume of her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, she took from a Paul Laurence Dunbar poem…” (Today In Literature)

Lee Child seems full of awesome - just an excellent guy all around. (thebigthrill.org)

National Poetry Month is cancelled, but maybe there’s a positive spin on it in there? Somewhere? (poetryfoundation.org)

The case for writing fiction in lieu of reclining on the therapist’s couch. (The New York Times)

Friend to AuthorScoop, Jamie Ford, answers 20 Questions to illustrate a day in the life… (20somethingreads.com)

Anthony Horowitz checks in with (The Telegraph)

BookRiot finds 16 things that have never been said better than they were by Calvin & Hobbes. (BookRiot)

The Guardian posts an interview with Ian McEwan. (The Guardian)

597 Fifth Avenue used to be Scribner’s showcase. Sadly, now it’s a fancy makeup shop. (The New York Times)

A call to reevaluate the works of William Somerset Maugham at (The Scotsman)

New book says it was OJ Simpson’s son, Jason, who committed the famous murders. (FoxNews)

Macmillan packs up and moves out of Africa. (The Daily Monitor)

“On this day in 1957, Samuel Beckett’s Endgame was first performed in London, in French. Waiting for Godot had premiered in 1953 and become an international sensation, but Beckett could find no one in France willing to risk their theater on a new play which featured one character who could not stand, one who could not sit, and two others unable to come out of their garbage cans…” (Today In Literature)

Journalist, Ann O’Neill, is invited to dinner at Elmore Leonard’s house. (CNN)

The last print-run of Encyclopedia Britannica looks to be selling out - and fast. It’s a worthy collector’s piece. (The New York Times)

Found today instead of yesterday, but still worth a look: the 10 Best Practical Jokes in Literature. (Flavorwire)

Don’t tell Harlan Ellison, but sometimes maybe writers should work for free (according to some.) (GalleyCat)

Cory Doctorow spells out the trouble with DRM. (Publishers Weekly)

Philip Hensher talks books and readers with (The Guardian)

Tangentially, this is still about writing. It’s definitely about amazing. Harper Lee’s sister is 100 years old and is still a practicing attorney. (The Daily Beast)

Hey! Robert Browning has a bicentennial too, ya know. (The Telegraph)

Amazon pulls awfully hard on small publishers. (The Seattle Times)

Here’s a check-in with a few self-pubs who went to big houses. (Publishers Weekly)

“On this day in 1861, George Eliot’s Silas Marner was published. Though generally viewed as one of Eliot’s minor works, Henry James found Silas Marner “more nearly a masterpiece” than her other books, and it was as popular among readers when it came out…” (Today In Literature)

Little Johnnie’s and Janie’s self-esteem can be bolstered by self-publishing. No April Fool’s. (The New York Times)

Edith Pearlman, winner of the PEN/Malamud award, comments on gaining her success a little later in life. (The Huffington Post)

MANAGING A DENTAL PRACTICE THE GENGHIS KHAN WAY, by Michael R. Young wins the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year. (The Bookseller)

On the origins of Winne-the-Pooh. (The Telegraph)

Michael Norris opens the door a crack on poet, Francois Villon, over at (LitKicks)

Author and bookstore owner, Ann Patchett, is nominated for TIME MAGAZINE’s 100 most influential people. (The Tennessean)

Here’s a fun little trivia puzzle on writers’ funny habits from (BookRiot)

Sadie Jones talks artistry and anxiety with (The Guardian)

Sotheby’s sells some very unique books for eye-popping sums. (BookTryst)

“On this day in 1841, Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’ was published in Philadelphia’s Graham’s Magazine. It is generally considered to be the first detective story, called ‘a tale of ratiocination’ by Poe as the word “detective” did not yet exist…” (Today In Literature)

Previously unpublished Vonnegut short sees the light of e-day as a Kindle Single. (GalleyCat)

Is there a climate that advances a literary “relationship” novel written by a man over the many dozens written by women? (The New York Times)

Here’s a graphed summary of Don DeLillo’s UNDERWORLD in a handy pie-chart. (Publishers Weekly)

Patricl DeWitt’s THE SISTERS BROTHERS wins the literary March Madness event from The Morning News. (GalleyCat)

If you’re bold enough to brag on your diet drill sargentness (for your seven year old) you just might get a big book deal and a write-up in Vogue, Salon, and (The New York Times)

When hoarding meets philosophical OCD in a book strewn room: (The Guardian)

BookRiot culls wise lines from Shakespeare to guard against the foolishness due tomorrow. (BookRiot)

A New York Post reporter gives up her source to defend her boss. (The Gawker)

Here’s a short story written by a fictional character as presented on Facebook by (The Atlantic)

“On this day in 1631 John Donne died, aged fifty-eight or possibly fifty-nine. Much of Donne’s most often-quoted writing is on the topic of death - the ‘for whom the bell tolls’ Meditation, the ‘Death be not proud’ sonnet - and his biographers note that his last ten or twelve years reveal an enthusiasm for the memento mori theme…” (Today In Literature)

Adrienne Rich will be missed. Here’s a profile of her life and work at (The Telegraph)

…and she’s also honored at (Salon)

As is his habit, Joel Stein sneers at something and annoys people. This time he thinks (or at least says) that adults should stop reading kids’ books. (The New York Times)

If we can learn from our mistakes, let’s make them on purpose. Write the worst sentence you can and show it to (GalleyCat)

The Japanese government seems quite keen on goosing their rather late-adoptering citizens into loving ebooks. (The Mainichi Daily News)

Garrison Keillor expands his bookstore and seems quite giddy about it. (TwinCities.com)

Toronto’s libraries hold their breath as union workers reach a tentative deal to get the whole business moving again. (Library Journal)

James Parker has been won over to the Dark Age Fantasy side and it’s George R.R. Martin’s fault. (The Atlantic)

Author, Harry Crews, dies at age 76. (The New York Times)

… and here’s a bit more on him, also from (The New York Times)

“On this day in 1880 Sean O’Casey was born, in the working-class ghettos of Dublin that he would later make famous in such plays as The Shadow of a Gunman, Juno and the Paycock, and The Plough and the Stars. Although now less-known, O’Casey’s six-volume autobiography is as personal and compelling as the plays…” (Today In Literature)

What happened in 1961 when Evelyn Waugh was sent an advance copy of Joseph Heller’s CATCH-22 to blurb. (lettersofnote.com)

Author, Karen Spears Zacharias, defends her book, A SILENCE OF MOCKINGBIRDS: THE MEMOIR OF A MURDER, about the killing of a child she knew personally. (The Huffington Post)

There seems to be a minor avalanche of books titled THE ________________’S DAUGHTER. The trend is pondered at (The Millions)

There are important academic articles on tap over at (Library Journal)

Author self-promotion - the right way, according to Amanda Hocking. And she should know. (GalleyCat)

A MONSTER CALLS, by Patrick Ness, is the children’s book to watch for this awards season. (The Telegraph)

And Anne Enright sits down for a chat with (The Guardian)

The New Yorker compiles a short primer to honor the work of poet, Adrienne Rich. (The New Yorker)

Poet, Adrienne Rich, dies at age 82. (The Los Angeles Times)

“On this day in 1815, Jane Austen completed Emma, her fourth novel in five years, and the last to appear in her lifetime. Though Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park had been popular, anonymously-written novels by provincial women on domestic themes were risky business for publishers, and Austen was offered such poor terms for Emma that she decided to publish it at her own expense…” (Today In Literature)

David Foster Wallace’s last novel, THE PALE KING, goes to paperback with some previously unpublished additions. (The Millions)

Poetry in Motion is a verse and art revival on New York’s subway system. (The New York Times)

The glitch in the matrix: ebooks are nifty until the “buy” button disappears. Kindle store has the hiccups. (Reuters)

Christopher Hitchens’, ARGUABLY, looks to have the momentum for this year’s Orwell Prize. (The Telegraph)

Holy hell. Who stole the Lorax from Dr. Suess’s widow? (The Gawker)

The ingredients of a bestseller are up for discussion at (The Daily Beast)

Author, Cheryl Strayed, has a chat about her memoir, WILD: FROM LOST TO FOUND ON THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL, with (The Christian Science Monitor)

Chloe Moretz will be the new Carrie White in the remake of Stephen King’s first success, CARRIE. (deadline.com)

Should sci-fi and fantasy strive for more social (and literary) impact? (The Guardian)

When JK Rowling does ebooks, she does ‘em differently - and maybe better. (gigaom)

“On this day in 1970, James Dickey’s Deliverance was published. Although primarily a poet — thirty collections by the time of his death in 1997, a National Book Award in 1965 for Buckdancer’s Choice — Dickey’s first novel was a best-seller when it appeared, and the movie two years later (Dickey wrote the script and played the Sheriff) was a box-office hit…” (Today In Literature)

Julia Otsuka takes the PEN/Faulkner Award for THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC. (The New York Times)

How to take critical advice and feedback as per S. King, Orwell, Kerouac, and a few others with names you’ll know. (The Atlantic)

Salman Rushdie stumps for freedom of speech in India. (The Guardian)

Maryland college to offer a new academic track - the minor in genre fiction. (The Baltimore Sun)

Finally, you can get the HARRY POTTER series on your ereader. (GalleyCat)

McSweeney’s has a chat with author, Rebecca Lindenberg. (McSweeney’s)

Mark Zuckerberg has trademarked the work “book”? How’s that again? (Melville House)

Literary nuts n’ bolts: we’ll soon have a look at Bram Stoker’s contract for DRACULA. (The Huffington Post)

After a flash-flood of speculation, the film rights to 50 SHADES OF GREY goes to Focus Features over at Universal Pictures. (Deadline New York)

…and GalleyCat employs the Wayback Machine to track 50 SHADES OF GREY through to its fanfic roots. (GalleyCat)

AMC’s show, Mad Men, is touted as one of the most literary things on TV by (The Telegraph)

Jessica Crispin remembers the ’80s in an article over at (Kirkus Reviews)

“On this day in 1802 William Wordsworth began writing ‘Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood.’ The poem contains some of his most well-known lines and ideas — that ‘the child is father of the man,’ that ‘birth is but a sleep and a forgetting,’ that’ trailing clouds of glory do we come,’ however these must fade…” (Today In Literature)

A couple of literary birthday’s are flagged for today. Up first? Robert Frost and ten great quotes from the man. (The Christian Science Monitor)

And somehow we missed a look at what self-publishing has done (and can do) for poets. (GalleyCat)

No, you can’t just tweak Penguin’s logo for your self-published book and hope they don’t notice. (27 b/6)

Jack Kerouac’s first novel finally sees a printing press. (January Magazine)

Hatchette Books acquires the rights to Enid Blyton’s literary estate, with one rather major exclusion. (booktrade.info)

It had to happen, I guess. They’re going to make a Katniss Barbie. (The Guardian)

Here’s an update on the antitrust case over ebook prices. (The Wall Street Journal)

Love it or hate it, The Daily Mail is top o’ the heap in Britain. How did it happen? (The New Yorker)

Debut author, Nancy Bilyeau, gets written up at (The Chicago Tribune)

And we’ve lost a few. RIP:

Tonino Guerra, screenwriter, dies at age 92. (The Washington Post)

Anotonio Tabucchi, novelist, dies at age 68. (The Nation)

Patience Abbe, children’s author, dies at age 87. (The Kansas City Star)

Bert Sugar, boxing writer, dies at age 74. (The Chicago Tribune)

“On this day in 1892 Walt Whitman died at the age of seventy-two. The high and controversial emotions which surrounded Whitman in life attended his death: in the same issue that carried his obituary, the New York Times declared that he could not be called ‘a great poet unless we deny poetry to be an art’”… (Today In Literature)

The opium muse has drawn many a mighty word from its slaves. (The Telegraph)

A soldier-turned-bestselling-novelist steps forward in another act of courage to forewarn our returning vets. (CNN)

Should one of the Big Three have died in HARRY POTTER? I’ve always thought so and now here’s a take on it from (BookRiot)

Lionel Shriver’s rejected novel, THE NEW REPUBLIC, gets a second chance. (NPR)

January Magazine has a look at Canada’s Bookie Awards. (January Magazine)

Andrew Motion and Anthony Horowitz discuss building on the classics in a podcast feature at (The Guardian)

Eugene O’Neill’s ‘lost play’ is found and produced. (NPR)

Ex-Goldman Sach’s employee is looking for a big payout for his tale of corproate yuck. (The New York Times)

“On this day in 1957, U.S. Customs agents seized 520 copies of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl on the grounds of obscenity. Ginsberg had given the poem its first, legendary reading a year and a half earlier, at Six Gallery in San Francisco. In the audience were many later-famous Beat writers, among them Jack Kerouac, thumping on his wine jug and shouting ‘Go, Go,’ at the end of every long line…” (Today In Literature)

To rhe creative mind - brainstorm all you like. It won’t do any good, says Jonah Lehrer in (Salon)

Ian McEwan talks originality in (The Guardian)

Christie’s sells an illustrated erotic manuscript from 1910 for more than ten times what they thought it would fetch. (BookTryst)

Netflix gobbles up scarier, more literary werewolves in Brian McGreevy’s HEMLOCK GROVE. (The Wall Street Journal)

But I doubt he got $5 million, like what’s being reported for the erotic, TWILIGHT-inspired sensation, 50 SHADES OF GREY. (Variety)

Alex Rosenberg’s, THE ATHEIST’S GUIDE TO REALITY, was not the worst book of 2011 according to (The New York Times)

The Denver airport may get some new bookstores, as Tattered Cover looks to open several new outlets there. (CBS)

On a subject recently dear to me, GalleyCat asks its readers about their pens. (GalleyCat)

Author, Anne Patchett, opines on the “sexual revolution”. (The Wall Street Journal)

“On this day in 1882 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died, at the age of seventy-five. Longfellow was the most venerated and taught American poet of his day. His mythic tones, classical allusions and measured rhythms were a long way from Walt Whitman’s ‘body electric’ — Whitman was just a dozen years his junior — but they rang like Tennyson in the New World, and were extremely popular in both…” (Today In Literature)

They just look too damned good over at Simon & Schuster. (The Wall Street Journal)

Anne Lamott give writing tips. (GalleyCat)

… and here she is with her son, discussing their new joint book venture. (The New York Times)

Wow, they count fast. ‘The Hunger Games’ film reportedly took in $20 million last night. (Publishers Weekly)

With the better weather drawing nigh, everyone seems to be talking about travel writing. (The Telegraph)

The Guardian takes a look at poet , Ruth Padel. (The Guardian)

A year in the life of Ian Rankin with the BBC watching at (The Scotsman)

Summer reading will probably need a few new spy thrillers, right? (USA Today)

“On this day in 1917 Leonard and Virginia Woolf purchased a small, used handpress; a month later, it was delivered to Hogarth House, their West London home, and the Hogarth Press was born. Over the next three decades the Woolfs would publish 525 titles, many of them by other influential modernists — Mansfield, Forster, Eliot…” (Today In Literature)

Apparently there’s no one named Maryjane who works at St. Martins Press. Feds bogart 11 pounds of marijuana sent to NY publishing house. (The Smoking Gun)

The hippies also lose their books as the last of Occupy Wall Street’s library is confiscated. (GalleyCat)

Pulitzer winner, Steven Millhauser, takes another accolade: The Story Prize for his collection, WE OTHERS. (The Wall Street Journal)

Horn Book Magazine has a chat with Molly Leach on book design. (The Horn Book)

So you may have heard a thing or two about the upcoming film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ THE HUNGER GAMES. Here’s a thing or two more:

-  It’s got some weird names in it, so here’s a primer from (Slate)

- And they might have trouble adapting the third book into a film. (Slate)

Althea Black talks about her debut story collection, I KNEW YOU’D BE LOVELY. (The Minneapolis Star-Tribune)

The Chicagoan Magazine makes a bold comeback. (The Economist)

On the origin of some popular words… (The Atlantic)

Levi Asher interviews author, Michael Stuz, over at (LitKicks)

“On this day in 1908 the Western writer Louis L’Amour was born in Jamestown, North Dakota. L’Amour wrote 113 books, 260 million copies of which have been sold worldwide in dozens of languages, and thirty of which have been turned into movies where guys like John Wayne, Yul Brynner, Anthony Quinn and Tom Selleck could be guys like Hondo Lane…” (Today In Literature)

Hilarious: so back when almost no one could read, the monks felt more free to carp and quip in the margins. (brainpickings.org)

… and speaking of monks, who is your favorite fictional holy man? (The Guardian)

The Roald Dahl museum opens his writing hut to the public. (GalleyCat)

Kick ‘em when they’re up: bestsellers and their inevitable parody-shadows. (USA Today)

If editors could go back in time, what Mulligans would they call? (Nieman Journalism Lab)

Netflix is buying books to adapt for their own. (Publishers Weekly)

Where one bookshop door closes, another thirty-five open. (The Bookseller)

Goodreads tracks dystopian fiction through the last hundred or so years. (GalleyCat)

Earth Day is coming and graphic novels can help. (Library Journal)

The politics of THE HUNGER GAMES. (The Atlantic)

The New York Times marks the possibly untimely passing of the printed Encyclopedia Britannica. (The New York Times)

“On this day in 1556 Thomas Cranmer, the Reformation-minded Archbishop of Canterbury, was burned at the stake. As Henry VIII had executed Sir Thomas More for being too Catholic, so his daughter, Queen ‘Bloody’ Mary I, executed Cranmer for being too Protestant…” (Today In Literature)