by Cassandra Drudi

Shelter kids denied access to library books: for shame!

In a scandal broadcast far and wide by book-blogs Bookslut and Bookninja, children from homeless shelters in Indiana's Porter County are having their library cards taken away and their lending priviliges revoked, according to the ... Read More »

June 20, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Fave novels: women dig the classics, while men are stuck in puberty

By Cassandra Drudi

Bookninja links to online magazine Reason's article about a "Favourite novel?" survey of hundreds of people and, while the ladies books were somewhat of a yawnfest with predictable picks like Jane Eyre, Gone With the ... Read More »

June 15, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Today's book clubs: no books allowed!

By Cassandra Drudi

The New York Daily News documents the demise of many young women's book clubs in the big bad city, due mainly to the fact that their members aren't reading the books and are instead talking ... Read More »

June 15, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Children's book writing: it's not rocket science, apparently

By Cassandra Drudi

Or astrophysics, for that matter. Theoretical physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking is going to put his magnificent super-brain to writing a children's book, according to the Guardian. During a lecture in Hong Kong yesterday, Hawking ... Read More »

June 14, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

MySpace folks use contests to lure memoirists

By Cassandra Drudi

MySpace, MySpace, MySpace! As if its mega-influence on society isn't already growing at a whipcrackin' pace, memoirists have now jumped on the bandwagon, and are using contests to entice their fellow writers to join their ... Read More »

June 14, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Used book mogul houses newest store in used castle

By Cassandra Drudi

Toronto used book mogul Patrick Hempelmann doesn't do anything halfway -- for his third book emporium, he's installing 200,000 used books in a restored castle, according to a Toronto Star story. The Hungarian Castle (located ... Read More »

June 13, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

James Joyce's grandson sounds like a bit of a jerk

By Cassandra Drudi

Just in time for Bloomsday, Bookninja links to an amusing New Yorker story that documents the grade-A ridiculosity of Stephen James Joyce, James Joyce's grandson and only living descendant. The man who "since the mid-nineteen-eighties...has ... Read More »

June 13, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Internet shanks apostrophes and hyphens

By Cassandra Drudi

An article in today's Toronto Star tolls doom and gloom for the future of punctuation, laying blame at the feet of the Internet and its evil minions of Google, instant messengers, e-mail, text messaging, and ... Read More »

June 7, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Poetry book launched atop Mt. Everest

By Cassandra Drudi

Publishers can be counted on to come up with some pretty gimmicky promotional stunts every once in a while, but few can reach the go-big-or-go-home moxie of Shuvatara International School English Department head Wangdi Gyalpo, ... Read More »

June 7, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Free digital books for all!

By Cassandra Drudi

With the extortion-esque prices of books these days, it always feels good to stick it to the Man and grab a good deal on a read. And what better deal than free? Book lovers everywhere ... Read More »

June 6, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

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Shelter kids denied access to library books: for shame!

Fave novels: women dig the classics, while men are stuck in puberty

Today's book clubs: no books allowed!

Children's book writing: it's not rocket science, apparently

MySpace folks use contests to lure memoirists

Used book mogul houses newest store in used castle

James Joyce's grandson sounds like a bit of a jerk

Internet shanks apostrophes and hyphens

Poetry book launched atop Mt. Everest

Free digital books for all!

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