Search Results by tag: library

Bookmarks: romance writer splits with publisher, English gets a body check during playoffs, and library gets its own beer

Some book-related links: Romance writer Cassie Edwards breaks with publisher over plagiarism allegations (CBC.ca) Mark Abley on playoff English (The Gazette) U.K. library's centenary marked with beer (The Citizen) At home with poet Raymond Souster ... Read More »

April 21, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks (Middle East edition)

By Jacob Sheen

In the face of all-too-obvious problems, small publishing houses and modern printing facilities are popping up throughout the Arab world (Bookseller.com) Dubai adds a literary festival to its cultural boom (Kipp Report) Iraq's National Library ... Read More »

April 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Sniffing out dirty books (it’s not what you think)

By Nathan Whitlock

From Scotland's Sunday Herald: Despite fears the internet could kill off the printed word, death by natural causes may be a greater threat to our literary heritage and Scottish scientists are searching for the cure. ... Read More »

April 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks (snobbery edition): judging someone by their books, picking the right reading wine, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Judging a mate by his/her books (The New York Times) What wine goes with that book? (Stuff) Will Internet book piracy cause authors to stop writing? (Times Online) Settlement in sight for ... Read More »

March 31, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Books on film

By Jacob Sheen

A quick roundup of newly announced book-to-film adaptations: A new adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is set to hit the screen after a long struggle with Huxley's estate. Leonardo DiCaprio will star and ... Read More »

March 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Nazi-looted books need a home

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Jewish Chronicle: An international project has been launched to reunite thousands of books looted by Nazis with their owners or their descendants. The Commission for Looted Art in London and the Nuremberg Municipal ... Read More »

February 29, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: closing libraries, rewarding booksellers, and filming Chabon

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related (but not Valentine's Day-themed, alas) links: Victoria library locks out workers, shuts down all branches (Victoria Times Colonist) California bookseller gets $500k MacArthur grant (MSNBC) The Coen Brothers to filmify Michael Chabon's The ... Read More »

February 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Bookmarks: a new Alice Munro story, a fake Robert Fisk biography of Saddam Hussein, and a complaint about pokey publishing

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: "Free Radicals," a new short story by Alice Munro (The New Yorker) Robert Fisk's bio of Saddam Hussein is selling well “ except he didn't write it (The Independent) Why does it ... Read More »

February 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: online shoppers prefer books, kids ought to read, sci-fi space gods are dumb, and other shockingly obvious book news

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Books are tops amongst the world's online shoppers (The Guardian) Apparently, reading is good for kids, so they should do it more (Toronto Star) The dumbest space gods in science fiction (io9) ... Read More »

January 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: special library edition

By Nathan Whitlock

Some library-related links: Libraries saved... outside of Chatham, Ontario, anyway (Chatham Daily News) Libraries doing okay... in Toronto, anyway (Toronto Star) Libraries doing better than ever! (Toronto Star) But there's porn in the library! (The ... Read More »

January 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

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Search Results by tag: library

Bookmarks: romance writer splits with publisher, English gets a body check during playoffs, and library gets its own beer

Bookmarks (Middle East edition)

Sniffing out dirty books (it’s not what you think)

Bookmarks (snobbery edition): judging someone by their books, picking the right reading wine, and more

Books on film

Nazi-looted books need a home

Bookmarks: closing libraries, rewarding booksellers, and filming Chabon

Bookmarks: a new Alice Munro story, a fake Robert Fisk biography of Saddam Hussein, and a complaint about pokey publishing

Bookmarks: online shoppers prefer books, kids ought to read, sci-fi space gods are dumb, and other shockingly obvious book news

Bookmarks: special library edition

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