Uncle Tom's Cabin: key historic text or racist claptrap? PW Daily's Three Answers column put this question to Norton executive editor Robert Weil, whose company is publishing September's The Annotated Uncle Tom's Cabin. They grill ... Read More »
It's too bad Ernest Hemingway isn't alive today -- who wouldn't want an army of six-toed supercats to command? But now his kitty command could be in jeopardy!Apparently, around 46 cats (half of them polydactyl) ... Read More »
August 1, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
CNET News's Gagdet Blog reported yesterday that Sony has shuffled the release date of its PRS-500 eBook reader back yet another season. Once promised for spring, then summer of this year, an e-mail update from ... Read More »
July 27, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
The L.A. Times boasted one of the most intriguing leads of recent days with the announcement that "Irish archeologists Tuesday heralded the discovery of an ancient book of psalms, found by a construction worker while ... Read More »
July 26, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
The Guardian explores the phenomenon of novelists who write great books yet suck at penning plays. Or, as Philip Hensher puts it: "[James Joyce's play] Exiles, like most plays written by novelists, is a notoriously ... Read More »
July 26, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
Miami schoolchildren can get their dose of Cuba after all, the L.A. Times reported today, as "a federal judge Monday ordered the Miami-Dade County School District to restore a children's book about Cuba to school ... Read More »
July 25, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
While getting one's jollies from poring over accurate sales data only recently became a favourite activity among Canadian bookfolk, Australia six-year-old book industry sales data program, according to an Australian article, is like many a ... Read More »
July 25, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
We do everything with our iPods, from watching television shows to storing photos, so it isn't that surprising that reading books on 'em might not be too far behind. The blog engadget has reported that ... Read More »
July 24, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
Bestselling novelist Elif Shafak is merely the latest victim of the trial-happy Turks, who, over the last year, have charged over five dozen writers and journalists under Turkey's Article 301, the vague legislation that seems ... Read More »
July 24, 2006 | Filed under: Book news
In this week's edition, The Onion A.V. Club laid down 15 book-to-film adaptations that live up to their source material. Some of them are even better than the source material, such as The Godfather, Jaws, ... Read More »