The summer months seem to be an open invitation for everyone who's ever stuck their nose in a book to offer their summer reading recommendations, lists that are often peppered with questionable choices and sometimes ... Read More »
Fresh reviewer on the literati scene and CNN.com special reporter Andrew Oglesby writes a top-notch book review, despite the fact that the man is a mere six years old. CNN.com staffer Christy Oglesby's kid was ... Read More »
July 5, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
The Literary Saloon linked to a Gulf Times article about one of the loneliest libraries in the world: the Qatar National Library. Despite being the country's oldest standing library, "not even a quarter of its ... Read More »
July 4, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
Bookninja links to a Ledger story about a new service offered by Florida libraries that delivers your books right to your doorstep. All residents of Polk County can take advantage of Polk County Library Collective's ... Read More »
June 29, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
Bookninja co-founder Peter Darbyshire has a new litblog on the site of his employer The Province. After stepping down from blogging duties chez Bookninja a while back, Darbyshire has clearly gone the straight and narrow ... Read More »
June 27, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
The CBC was trumpeting the news yesterday that two key characters are going to be offed come the newest installment of the bespectacled moppet's adventures. They reported that an interview broadcast on Monday on Britain's ... Read More »
June 27, 2006 | Filed under: Authors
Earlier this week, In Other Media linked to the story of an Indiana library's new restrictions on homeless shelter residents' lending privileges and their cutting shelter children off from borrowing entirely.The Post-Tribune reports today that ... Read More »
June 22, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
An Associated Press story in The Washington Post reports that a biologist has discovered a new way to date books, a fact that is sure to get fraudsters quaking in their boots and antique book ... Read More »
June 22, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
The L.A. Times has a cute op/ed piece by Jane Smiley, pondering the pros and cons of auctioning off a novel cameo to the highest bidder. While she is no stranger to selling a spot ... Read More »
June 21, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
Okay: how hideous do you have to be to set a library on fire?I mean, yikes. The library is one of the holies of holies! (Okay, we're a little biased, but...)Last week, Chicago's ABC7 reports, ... Read More »
June 21, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
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