Book Reviewing in the News There’s been a lot of discussion surrounding the announcement that Adam Mars-Jones won the Hatchet Job prize for the “angriest, funniest, most trenchant” book review published in the last year. Judge Sam Leith said: “The best hatchets, in criticism, are wielded with precision as much as they are with force. […]
BBC News – Adam Mars-Jones wins Hatchet Job prize for book review Critic Adam Mars-Jones has won the inaugural Hatchet Job of the Year award for his scathing review of Michael Cunningham’s latest work, By Nightfall. The award is given for the “angriest, funniest, most trenchant” book review published in the last year. Mars-Jones accepted
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Hemingway & Gellhorn Trailer: Will HBO Get Hemingway Right? Their upcoming movie Hemingway & Gellhorn is, as the title suggests, not only about the author of The Old Man and the Sea (adapted in 1958) and so on, but also Martha Gellhorn, a writer equally worthy (perhaps more so) of the biopic treatment. And if
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CHARLES DICKENS GOOGLE DOODLE: Classic characters populate today’s logo to celebrate author’s 1812 birth – Comic Riffs – The Washington Post. The Washington Post collects useful information for celebrating today’s 200th birthday of Charles Dickens.
Print Books vs. Ebooks Debate (cont., ad nauseam) Never one to shy away from controversy, Jonathan Franzen recently condemned ebooks as the harbingers of the fall of civilization: “I think, for serious readers, a sense of permanence has always been part of the experience. Everything else in your life is fluid, but here is this
‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ turns 50: The Reading Life – latimes.com Ken Kesey’s novel ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ which became an Oscar-winning film starring Jack Nicholson, turns 50. Does it stand up to time? That’s the question Carolyn Kellogg of the Los Angeles Times asked herself, then read the novel for
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Grafton, Sue. “V” Is for Vengeance (2011)Putnam, $27.95 hardcover ISBN10: 0399157867 Audiobook by Random House Audio. Narrated by Judy Kaye While shopping at a department store, Kinsey witnesses a woman obviously stealing some expensive merchandise. She reports what she has seen to a store clerk, who then notifies security. Kinsey hangs around to
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How To Rescue Books on Goodreads – GalleyCat. Starting today, Goodreads will stop using book identification information from Amazon. While this shift will not hurt any of the ratings, reviews or bookshelves you have created on the site, some books on your bookshelf may need help. I don’t know how I missed this, but I
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America’s Most Literate Cities, 2011 Drawing from a variety of available data resources, the America’s Most Literate Cities study ranks the largest cities (population 250,000 and above) in the United States. This study focuses on six key indicators of literacy: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment, and Internet resources.
American Library Association announces 2012 Youth Media Award winners via American Library Association announces 2012 Youth Media Award winners | American Libraries Magazine.
