23 hours ago by cs783

Around 50 nominations each for the Carnegie 2010 and Greenaway 2010 awards. Judging only by the fact that I recognise many of the authors and illustrators as well-established names, and that they are in competition on such substantial lists, these will be competitions of great quality. I have just r ...

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2 days ago by Jessica

It's been a while since William Gibson's Pattern Recognition came out, and I still haven't managed to read it. I enjoyed Neuromancer very much, but haven't been impressed by some of his other work. Nevertheless, this interview in the Blackbird Archive is fantastic. Most of it, you'll notice, is an e ...

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3 days ago by Riot

Hello everyone! As you can probably ascertain from the glacial pace of posts lately, I have been rather swamped with work and attempting to find a more suitable place to live in my beloved H-Town. But in spite of this, my brain bone has been occupied with how much I’d like to give Burning Leaves a m ...

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3 days ago

This month, Publishers Weekly unveiled a series of Best Books of 2009 lists, and the "Top Ten" list did not include any books by women authors. Cate Marvin (pictured, via), a writer and co-founder Women In Letters And Literary Arts (WILLA), objected in a statement: "The absence made me nearly speech ...

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4 days ago by cs783

If you haven’t voted on my little sidebar poll, please do. I’m getting the message that quite a lot of students are checking in here. Sorry about the post title (me, I’ll just be doing vouchers) but Hallowe’en is over and the Christmas advertising has started. Will you be buying books for children? ...

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8 days ago

In the last week, literature met politics in two national publications--with some interesting results. After losing his own book deal, South Carolinia Governor Mark Sanford has turned to literary criticism--singing the praises of novelist Ayn Rand in a Newsweek essay. Here's a sample: "I still belie ...

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10 days ago

As buyouts and layoffs loom at the NY Times, one article gave an inside look at the editorial shape of the newspaper's beloved book review--reportedly staffed by 14 editors. The NY Observer obtained a 61-page outline from the buyout paperwork; a list outlining how many people work in different parts ...

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16 days ago by misterfricative

‘His eyes were beautiful, and despite being tired they sizzled[.]‘ It’s not a page turner, and I’m not sure if it can really be said to have much of a plot, but judging from the first chapter of her debut novel, The Mistress, Martine McCutcheon is right up there with the Master himself when it comes ...

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19 days ago by None of this nonsense, please

**** 1221) "The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia" by Laura Miller We read this as a "book club" book over at bookaddiction a while back, but I never got around to making a personal post on it. I'm going to copy material from my discussion posts there, so this will be a bit longer th ...

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22 days ago

In an open letter to readers in The Huffington Post book section, editor Amy Hertz (pictured) made a controversial statement: "Book reviews tend to be conversation enders, and when you're living in the age of engagement, a time when people are looking for conversation starters, that stance gets you ...

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