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Bookmarks: The Golden Compass stays on one shelf, Alice Walker goes to Emory, and more

Some book-related links: The Golden Compass not pulled from library reading contest after complaint (The Sudbury Star) Alice Walker's papers go to Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (The Associated Press) A lot of nerds “ ... Read More »

December 19, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: scoring in a bookstore, stealing chairs from a library, ambushing former PMs on a book tour, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: The art of the bookstore pickup (MSN.com) Ex-library director gets 10 days for stealing chairs (Cantonrep.com) Tinfoil helmet time: Chretien repeatedly ambushed by 9/11 "truthers" at book events (Canada Wants 9/11 Truth) ... Read More »

December 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book links, Events

Bookmarks – Poe mystery solved, and more

By Leigh Anne Williams

You know that mysterious figure who visited Edgar Allan Poe's grave every year? Nevermore. And it turns out it was all a publicity stunt cooked up by the guy "who led the fight to preserve ... Read More »

August 16, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

Books, not bombs, say authors to Reed

By Leigh Anne Williams

On the eve of the London Book Fair, a group of authors has written a letter to the Times Literary Supplement protesting one of the fair organizer's other revenue streams. "Reed Exhibitions, owned by the ... Read More »

March 2, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Want to change the world? Write a book.

By Scott MacDonald

Yesterday Lord Melvyn Bragg of ITV's The South Bank Show announced his picks for the 12 British books that changed the world. Resembling a reading list for first-year undergrads, the list spans 700 years and ... Read More »

September 8, 2005 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

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