I saw on the news last night that an unpublished Dr Seuss manuscript has been found. Sing the 50 United States! is about helping children learn the names of the 50 states, and it’ll be published by Random House next year in time for the country’s 250th birthday. Interestingly, Ted Geisel left boxes and boxes of material after his death, including several manuscripts. Three Random House editors traveled to La Jolla, CA, where the collection is held, and sifted through boxes looking for material. You can read the full story here:
Perhaps an even more interesting story (and one that wasn’t on the news) is the discovery of Agatha Christie’s first published work - a poem she wrote as a young teen that made it into a newspaper. Christie buffs have been searching for it for decades to no avail, but the man who eventually discovered it did so by ignoring the information in Christie’s autobiography (apparently she misremembered a few facts, which led fans on a wild goose chase). Christie’s estate was reportedly delighted and gave permission to the finder to publish it. It’s a pretty cool real-life literary detective story. For more: