Book links

Bookmarks: Solzhenitsyn, Kafka, Rushdie, Meyer, and more

Some book-related links: Russians conflicted over Solzhenitsyn's legacy (The New York Times) Apparently, Kafka liked the hot stuff (Times Online) Salman Rushdie threatens to sue over bodyguard's memoir (CNN.com) Stephenie Meyer's newest breaks sales records ... Read More »

August 5, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: debating Amis, meeting Don McKellar, and bribing reluctant readers with beer

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Q&Q contributor Steven W. Beattie and author/bookseller Matt Sturrock have it out over Martin Amis's new book (That Shakespeherian Rag) Christopher Shulgan stalks Don McKellar (Shulgan) Kiwi men offered free beer to ... Read More »

August 1, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: William Gibson fact or fiction, Ray Bradbury in love, the book tour blues, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: William Gibson's fiction comes true!!! (The Industry Standard) Ray Bradbury on literature and love (Truthdig) Ann Patchett on the dreaded book tour (The Atlantic) Ban on book critical of Egyptian president lifted ... Read More »

July 30, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Bookmarks: Google vs. the French, why we read fiction, and bestsellers in Iran

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: French resistance to the Google Book Search project (The Independent) Novelist/neurologist Liam Durcan on why we read fiction (The Globe and Mail) Bestsellers in Iran (Mehr News) Ten things you should know ... Read More »

July 21, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: Shakespeare, Waugh, Sedaris, Seinfeld, Bush

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Stolen Shakespeare folio recovered in U.S. (Dallas Morning News) The battle over Brideshead Revisited (Times Online) David Sedaris in Ottawa (The Ottawa Citizen) Latest round in the Seinfeld cookbook fight (The New ... Read More »

July 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Bookmarks: Sean Connery, Chinglish, and nude biographers

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Sean Connery backs out of memoir contract (Scotsman.com) Will "Chinglish" outstrip English? (Wired) Amanda Foreman accused of "devaluing the biographer's skill" after posing nude in magazine (Times Online) Book lover/garbage picker (The ... Read More »

July 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: dirty books, disposable books, and Welsh books

By Nathan Whitlock

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: Invisible Publishing, most-hated books, new story from Alice Munro, and the case of the stolen Hulk

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Halifax's Invisible Publishing profiled* (The Chronicle Herald) Critics pick their most-hated books (Times Online) New story from Alice Munro (The New Yorker) Nerd-thieves swipe Hulk statue from book store (2 News.tv) Argentinian ... Read More »

June 23, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: Linwood Barclay, eating in the library, and why we read things online

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Linwood Barclay novel gets the Richard and Judy nod (CBC.ca) Toronto lifts ban on eating in the library (CBC.ca) The attraction of online reading explained (Slate) The world's most expensive books (Granta) ... Read More »

June 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: David Sedaris, Gotti’s daughter, and Baghdad’s National Library

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Rick Mercer interviews David Sedaris (The Globe and Mail) HarperCollins to sue Victoria Gotti over unwritten memoir (NY Daily News) Meet the director of Baghdad's National Library (The Guardian) Antique book hunt ... Read More »

June 9, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

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Bookmarks: Solzhenitsyn, Kafka, Rushdie, Meyer, and more

Bookmarks: debating Amis, meeting Don McKellar, and bribing reluctant readers with beer

Bookmarks: William Gibson fact or fiction, Ray Bradbury in love, the book tour blues, and more

Bookmarks: Google vs. the French, why we read fiction, and bestsellers in Iran

Bookmarks: Shakespeare, Waugh, Sedaris, Seinfeld, Bush

Bookmarks: Sean Connery, Chinglish, and nude biographers

Bookmarks: dirty books, disposable books, and Welsh books

Bookmarks: Invisible Publishing, most-hated books, new story from Alice Munro, and the case of the stolen Hulk

Bookmarks: Linwood Barclay, eating in the library, and why we read things online

Bookmarks: David Sedaris, Gotti’s daughter, and Baghdad’s National Library

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