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Bookmarks (hell in a handbasket edition): Belgian writer euthanized, publishers liquidated, bookstore in trouble, author flees death threats

March 20, 2008 | 1:45 PM | By Nathan Whitlock

Some cheerful book-related links:

  • Belgian author Hugo Claus, suffering from Alzheimer’s, is remaindered euthanized at age 78 (Associated Press)
  • Two UK publishers liquidated over anti-bullying books scam (press release)
  • Black-owned Brooklyn bookstore facing financial crisis (New York Daily News)
  • Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen leaves India for Europe over death threats (Reuters)

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One Response to “Bookmarks (hell in a handbasket edition): Belgian writer euthanized, publishers liquidated, bookstore in trouble, author flees death threats”

  1. March 20, 2008 | 5:14 pm angel guerra says:

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