Bookmarks: awards, arts funding, and Boyden redux

Bookmarks, Industry news, Man Booker

October 16, 2008 | 10:37 AM | By Derek Weiler

Telegraph columnist Sameer Rahim goes after the Man Booker winner: “The White Tiger reads like the first draft of a Bollywood screenplay (no romance or songs sadly).” Snap!
Aleksander Hemon and Marilynne Robinson are among the National Book Award nominees in the U.S.
Toronto Star columnist Brent Ledger celebrates Trinity College’s annual book sale.
The election might be over, but don’t forget the arts (CBC Arts).
Two weeks after CBC Arts profiled Joseph and Amanda Boyden, CBC News profiles … just Joseph.

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