by | Aug 6, 2009 | Literary News
from The Times Online The 10 best book websites On the internet, you can download page after page of free material, post your work online and even catch a publisher’s eye by Mike Peake Literature is thriving on the web. It’s not just for sale on mega-sites such...
by | Aug 6, 2009 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from Radio France Internationale Slap! Pow! Bam! … VRAOUM! by Laura Angela Bagnetto Article published on the 2009-08-02 Latest update 2009-08-03 17:01 TU Gilles Barbier, The Hospice, 2002 La Maison Rouge Slap! Pow! Bam! Anyone who’s read those words knows...
by | Aug 4, 2009 | Culture Music Art, Literary News, Los Angeles
from FishbowlLA @ MediaBistro Emmy Format Shift Angers Writers The Emmy awards announced Thursday plans for a change in the format of the ceremony. Eight of the 28 Emmy categories will be pre-taped, in order to shave minutes off the lengthy program time. Two of the...
by | Aug 3, 2009 | Literary News
from The Guardian UK UK’s most prolific library book borrower by Severin Carrell A 91-year-old woman from Stranraer in south-west Scotland is believed to be Britain’s most prolific library book reader after staff at her local library realised she is on the...
by | Aug 2, 2009 | Literary News
from Slate (lifted from Michelle Gagnon, author of the great book BONEYARD) The Book Industry’s Best-Seller ListsWhat are they, and why do they matter so much? By Eliza TruittPosted Thursday, Sept. 3, 1998, at 3:30 AM ET These days, it seems as if half the books...
by | Jul 29, 2009 | Literary News
I work at a used and rare bookstore, and I buy books from people everyday. These are the personal, funny, heartbreaking and weird things I find in those books. Today’s post comes from author Jan Markley. From Jan: I have a friend who loans me books and there are...