by | Apr 8, 2008 | Literary News
from Guardian UK Lily Allen drops out as Orange prize judge Sean MichaelsMonday April 7, 2008guardian.co.uk Lily Allen was never the most obvious pick to judge a major literary prize. She’s famous not for her views on novels but for a song about London that...
by | Apr 7, 2008 | Literary News
from TwinCities.com Putting poetry in motion Article Last Updated: 04/06/2008 11:12:43 PM CDT April is National Poetry Month, so it’s a particularly good time for local bards to polish their works in a competitive performance venue. Poets from Minnesota and...
by | Apr 5, 2008 | Literary News
from Shelf Awareness Book Review: Animal’s People Animal’s People by Indra Sinha (S&S, $25, March 2008) Animal’s People should have won the Booker Prize. It towers over the other shortlisted novels, entertainment on a grand scale, hugely...
by | Apr 5, 2008 | Literary News
from the New York Times ESSAY There Will Be a Quiz By JOE QUEENAN Freelance writers are always looking for ways to scare up a few extra bucks, so recently I tried my hand at writing some of those “Questions for Discussion” that appear at the back of many paperbacks. I...
by | Apr 3, 2008 | Literary News
from the NY Daily News ‘Twist’ my arm! Dickens tome brings $229G BY CHRISTINA BOYLEDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Thursday, April 3rd 2008, 4:00 AM A first edition of Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” sold for a record $229,000...
by | Apr 2, 2008 | Literary News
from Shelf Awareness Attainment: New Titles Appearing Next Week Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, April 8: The Third Angel: A Novel by Alice Hoffman (Shaye Areheart Books, $25, 9780307393852/0307393852) follows three women facing important life choices....
