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Bookmarks: dirty books, disposable books, and Welsh books

Some book-related links: Indiana bookstore won't have to register to sell dirty books (Courier-Journal) Speaking of which, shy and retiring Gene Simmons to launch new book on prostitution (Blabbermouth.net) New Halifax library should go big ... Read More »

July 3, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks (hell in a handbasket edition): Belgian writer euthanized, publishers liquidated, bookstore in trouble, author flees death threats

By Nathan Whitlock

Some cheerful book-related links: Belgian author Hugo Claus, suffering from Alzheimer's, is remaindered euthanized at age 78 (Associated Press) Two UK publishers liquidated over anti-bullying books scam (press release) Black-owned Brooklyn bookstore facing financial crisis ... Read More »

March 20, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks – Paddington the Bear in jail, comic books in Kandahar, bibles in China, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Paddington the Bear arrested on immigration charges on 50th anniversary (CBC.ca) Comic books handed out in Kandahar to teach kids about human rights (The Canadian Press) Speaking of human rights, China to ... Read More »

December 10, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks – Khaled Hosseini says stay the course, A.L. Kennedy pleads for school and library funding, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, urges U.S. and allies to stay in Afghanistan (AFP) A.L. Kennedy wins Scottish book award, makes plea for school and library funding (The Scotsman) Author ... Read More »

December 3, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

Update: ban-tastic library revokes heinous policy

By Cassandra Drudi

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

Shelter kids denied access to library books: for shame!

By Cassandra Drudi

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

An academic scolding for Canada Reads

By Leigh Anne Williams

With the CBC's fourth annual Canada Reads program set to kick off on Feb. 21, a recent editorial on the Canada Reads phenomenon in the scholarly journal Canadian Literature is well timed. And writer Laura ... Read More »

January 31, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

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