manuscript

In May 1962, Cormac McCarthy addressed a letter to the “fiction editor” of Random House—the only publisher he’d heard of—and sent it along with a manuscript he had not proofread.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Orélien was unknown when he submitted the manuscript to Quebec publisher Éditions du Boréal, which released the book in March.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

"We tested several passages, from different bits of the manuscript, to come up with the identical result: 100 percent AI," the group said on X.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The manuscript, known as Codex Azcatitlán, has been held in France's Bibliothèque Nationale since 1898, but had already spent decades outside of Mexico before that.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

A typewritten manuscript was lying, face up, on the bathmat.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

Ms. Hazrat points out that the punctuation of William Shakespeare’s plays seem not to have come from the Bard himself but from the editors, copyreaders, typesetters and publishers who shepherded his manuscripts into finished form.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The ability to recover substantial genetic information without damaging the parchment could make institutions more comfortable allowing researchers to study valuable manuscripts.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Speaking ahead of the auction, Will Passey, a specialist in the books and manuscripts department at Sotheby's, said the "moving" letter served as "a testament to the strength" of their friendship.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Officials searched Ying’s hotel in Brentwood and found blank manuscripts and paperwork similar to the books that Ying had checked out from the university, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Belief could be sustained only if a peculiar authority was granted to obscure books, or better still ancient manuscripts newly discovered in locked chests.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton