SilverFin: Young Bond, Book 1
Thursday April 28, 2005
What does it take to become the greatest secret agent the world has ever known? In this prequel to the James Bond series, readers meet a thirteen-year-old schoolboy whose inquisitive ... Read More
Orange Award for New Writers
Tuesday April 26, 2005
The Orange Award for New Writers announced it's first shortlist yesterday.
The award, aimed towards new talent, is new in 2005 and open to all first works of fiction, including novels, ... Read More
Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Sunday April 24, 2005
Steven Levitt, a University of Chicago economics professor, showcases his divergent approach to the discipline by applying economic theory to obscure yet intriguing social questions.
Freakonomics is a fascinatingly wide-ranging miscellany ... Read More
Come back to us, Oprah!
Friday April 22, 2005
Over 150 published (some award-winning) writers signed a letter to Oprah Winfrey, thanking her for her support of reading and begging her to return the focus of her book club ... Read More
Pope-Lit
Wednesday April 20, 2005
When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was named Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, his books quickly rose to the tops of the best seller lists.
The first German pope since 11th century, Ratzinger ... Read More
Letters to a Young Actor
Monday April 18, 2005
The founder and director of the Yale Repertory Theater, as well as Harvard's American Repertory Theater, and the drama critic for The New Republic for going on thirty years, Robert ... Read More
Wake Up, Sir! by Jonathan Ames
Wednesday April 13, 2005
Alan Blair is a young, loony writer with numerous problems of the mental, emotional, sexual, spiritual, and physical variety. He's very good at problems. He's also quite skilled at getting ... Read More
National Library Week, April 10 - 16, 2005
Sunday April 10, 2005
It's National Library Week, the perfect time to learn more about your local library. Libraries celebrate NLW in various ways -- some even implement a fine-free-week when overdue books can ... Read More
Lou Gehrig Bio Contrasts Starkly with Today's Players
Thursday April 7, 2005
In the wake of recent investigations into rampant steroid use in major and minor league baseball, an honest look at one of baseball's true heroes is refreshing. And Luckiest ... Read More
Saul Bellow (1915 - 2005)
Wednesday April 6, 2005
Saul Bellow died at the age of 89 yesterday in his home in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Among the most celebrated writers of the 20th century, Bellow was known for writing about everyman. ... Read More
NPR revamps This I Believe
Monday April 4, 2005
Today, NPR reinstates This I Believe, an overwhelmingly popular 1950's radio show in which Americans from all walks of life spoke about the principles which guided their lives. This I ... Read More
Ruth Stone's Poetry still Enlightening
Sunday April 3, 2005
On the eve of her 90th birthday and two years after winning the National Book Award for poetry, Ruth Stone's In the Dark (2004) attacks the subjects of nature, her ... Read More
National Poetry Month Tenth Anniversary
Friday April 1, 2005
From the time of its creation by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month has been a vehicle for increasing the visibility and accessibility of poetry.
Check ... Read More