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AGO to debut Alain de Botton exhibition based on new book

The Art Gallery of Ontario is on a roll when it comes to bringing in high-profile names. Fresh off the attention it's receiving as the first North American institution to exhibit David Bowie Is comes ... Read More »

October 9, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Alain de Botton is Heathrow’s first writer-in-residence

By Nathan Whitlock

Perhaps feeling, as many authors do, that he doesn't get out of the house enough, Alain de Botton is currently serving as Heathrow Airport's first-ever writer-in-residence. All this week he is sitting in Heathrow's new ... Read More »

August 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Kundera, de Botton, Ginsberg, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

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

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