Lipskerov's new novel: a soap opera with a Gogolian plot and a biblical ending Dmitry Lipskerov. About him and butterflies. M.: AST, Edited by Elena Shubina, 2016. Dmitry Lipskerov published his first novel in three years, and for Lipskerov this is a long time. Since the late nineties, the writer sometimes managed to publish two books a year, and in moments of downtime, publishers collected his texts into three-volume sets, five-volume sets and even one eight-volume set.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" London's National Portrait Gallery plans to restore a lifetime portrait of English playwright William Shakespeare. According to experts, the image has changed over several centuries of the painting's existence. Shakespeare's face does not look the same as it was originally depicted. The beard and hair could be lengthened.

How Vladimir Markin from the Investigative Committee presented his book Judging by the news, the Investigative Committee of Russia is experiencing a passion for literature: its chairman Bastrykin became a member of the Writers' Union in June, and last week another employee of the department, head of media relations Vladimir Markin, presented his book, published by the Eksmo publishing house. Vera Shengelia attended this presentation and told what it all looked like.