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A collection of links
Posted by BookStream
September 3rd, 2008
From The Guardian, some of Ruth Rendell’s favorite items.
BookStream isn’t the only one offering complete lists of new books for fall. Check out The Washington Post’s list of hightlights for the coming season.
And in the “everything old is new again” category, the revival of chapbooks.
A collection of some of the world’s strangest book titles. I would like to know all about the audience for “Reusing Old Graves.”
Three title recommendations
Posted by Ken Abramson
August 26th, 2008
The following titles are August releases recommended by Ken:
Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt, 9780307264787, Knopf, $24.95, Sociology, 8/08
One advance review has described this book as “Freakonomics for cars.” Topics include: why our personalities change behind the wheel, why traffic jams form, why the other lane is moving faster, and many more. Informative and humorous, it would be a great book to read during gridlock.
The …
A collection of links
Posted by Carolyn Bennett
August 26th, 2008
Tod Goldberg writes a humorous account of how he became a novelization writer, because yes, they’re written by people.
A nice article about John Scieszka, our National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. It turns out that’s not just an honorary title, by the way. He used his influence to make it possible for Mo Willems to get a picture of security gates at the airport.
The Bookshop blog has a comprehensive, two-part article about books for …
Banned Books Week
Posted by BookStream
August 19th, 2008
ABFFE’s annual banned books week is September 27 - October 4 this year. That means now is a great time to stock up on the books that have been challenged in schools and libraries (and bookstores) around the country. For more information, check out their newly updated website.
Interview with David Ebershoff
Posted by BookStream
August 14th, 2008
This is a link to a great interview with David Ebershoff on Powells.com. The one thing I take away from this is that you should never accept folded up pieces of paper from strangers. And if you do, don’t believe a word they say.
