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Fave novels: women dig the classics, while men are stuck in puberty

Bookninja links to online magazine Reason's article about a "Favourite novel?" survey of hundreds of people and, while the ladies books were somewhat of a yawnfest with predictable picks like Jane Eyre, Gone With the ... Read More »

June 15, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

MySpace folks use contests to lure memoirists

By Cassandra Drudi

MySpace, MySpace, MySpace! As if its mega-influence on society isn't already growing at a whipcrackin' pace, memoirists have now jumped on the bandwagon, and are using contests to entice their fellow writers to join their ... Read More »

June 14, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

James Joyce's grandson sounds like a bit of a jerk

By Cassandra Drudi

Just in time for Bloomsday, Bookninja links to an amusing New Yorker story that documents the grade-A ridiculosity of Stephen James Joyce, James Joyce's grandson and only living descendant. The man who "since the mid-nineteen-eighties...has ... Read More »

June 13, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

The empire strikes back

By Leigh Anne Williams

With the film adpatation of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation set for release this fall, and Chew on This, an adaptation of the book aimed at kids, new in stores, the American food industry is ... Read More »

June 8, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Internet shanks apostrophes and hyphens

By Cassandra Drudi

An article in today's Toronto Star tolls doom and gloom for the future of punctuation, laying blame at the feet of the Internet and its evil minions of Google, instant messengers, e-mail, text messaging, and ... Read More »

June 7, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Poetry book launched atop Mt. Everest

By Cassandra Drudi

Publishers can be counted on to come up with some pretty gimmicky promotional stunts every once in a while, but few can reach the go-big-or-go-home moxie of Shuvatara International School English Department head Wangdi Gyalpo, ... Read More »

June 7, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Free digital books for all!

By Cassandra Drudi

With the extortion-esque prices of books these days, it always feels good to stick it to the Man and grab a good deal on a read. And what better deal than free? Book lovers everywhere ... Read More »

June 6, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Original soccer tell-all to hit shelves

By Cassandra Drudi

Last autumn, Melvyn Bragg, Lord of Wigton (his name makes us titter), presided over the British television series 12 Books That Changed The World, giving shout-outs to Blighty faves like the Magna Carta, the King ... Read More »

May 31, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Brontë's ass almost got sued

By Cassandra Drudi

The L.A. Times featured a Reuters story yesterday that revealed that Charlotte Brontë might have come thiiiis close to buckling under calls of libel, with recently unearthed letters implying that "somewhere, tucked away in a ... Read More »

May 31, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Independent publisher takes BEA panelists to the ground

By Cassandra Drudi

Working Assets editorial director Jennifer Nix used her blog Firedoglake to lay some smack on BookExpo America yesterday. Her beef? That many mainstream magazines and newspaper editors avoid political books and ignore the legions of ... Read More »

May 25, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

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