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Bookmarks: Kundera, de Botton, Ginsberg, and more

Some book-related links: "French" author Milan Kundera skips Czech conference on his work. Alain de Botton calls for a new literature of the workplace. Jonathan Goldstein discovers the lonely, Twilight Zone-esque hell of the signing ... Read More »

June 3, 2009 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

Bookmarks: 1,000 novels everyone must read, toilet poems, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The Guardian has created a list of 1000 novels everyone must read, broken down into categories like comedy, crime, family and self, and state of the nation. In considering the list, Stuart Walton wonders whether ... Read More »

January 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: inauguration edition

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Taken from Fellow Citizens: The Penguin Book of U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses, test your knowledge of the final words of former presidents' inaugural speeches (Jacket Copy) Barack Obama will take the oath of office on ... Read More »

January 20, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Book links

Bookmarks: Winnie the Pooh makes a comeback, Dubya wants to write a book, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Winnie the Pooh is back, 80 years after his first published appearance, in the first authorized sequel to A.A. Milne's 1920s collection Return to the Hundred Acre Wood. (CBC.ca) George W. Bush is planning to ... Read More »

January 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: More layoffs at Random House U.S., the credit crunch, and Richard Price’s behind

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from the Web: More wreckage at Random House U.S.: Pantheon Books publisher Janice Goldklang is laid off after 25 years with the company. How well do you know crime fiction? Take the Ceeb's ... Read More »

January 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: Economic downturn edition

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Canada's Sun Media is cutting 600 jobs in Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada -- about 10 percent of the workforce (CBCnews.ca) Amazon U.K. employees are being forced to work seven days a week; they are given ... Read More »

December 16, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: hybrid readers, seasonal reading, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

James Frey was an intern for a day at Gawker.com. Readers were invited to post questions for him -- Oprah jokes and inquiries about his fact-checking process ensued What's your seasonal reading pattern? Molly Flatt ... Read More »

December 12, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Book links

Bookmarks: J.K. Rowling’s latest tome

By Stuart Woods

Beedlemania: J.K. Rowling's first post-Potter title hits stores. (The Guardian's Alison Flood live blogs it here) Sam Leith, the venerable literary editor at The Telegraph, is informed of his redundancy Just add water? Viking unleashes ... Read More »

December 5, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: International booklists, textual absurdity, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Over at The Guardian, Rawi Hage's De Niro's Game, Joseph Boyden's Through Black Spruce, and Alice Munro's short-story collection Carried Away, were mentioned as some of the best books of 2008. Publishing big-wigs have had ... Read More »

December 2, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: Batman RIP, the cost of discounting books, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

POW! Holy shock value, Batman! The Caped Crusader is set to be killed off after 70 years in Batman RIP, according to the comic's writers. Paper Tiger's Sam Leith discusses The Guardian looks at the ... Read More »

November 25, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Book links

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Bookmarks: Kundera, de Botton, Ginsberg, and more

Bookmarks: 1,000 novels everyone must read, toilet poems, and more

Bookmarks: inauguration edition

Bookmarks: Winnie the Pooh makes a comeback, Dubya wants to write a book, and more

Bookmarks: More layoffs at Random House U.S., the credit crunch, and Richard Price’s behind

Bookmarks: Economic downturn edition

Bookmarks: hybrid readers, seasonal reading, and more

Bookmarks: J.K. Rowling’s latest tome

Bookmarks: International booklists, textual absurdity, and more

Bookmarks: Batman RIP, the cost of discounting books, and more

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