February 7, 2011
Some welcome and positive news out of a very troubled part of the world– Pakistan is hosting its own book festival for 2 days. Featured were “book launches, workshops, dance, music and theatrical exhibits.” Shira S.
February 7, 2011
Everyone knows that e-books save space, but in Tokyo some people are scanning their books in order to remove them completely! Japanese apartments are generally very small (approx. 400 sq. ft.) and a new business has developed scanning book collections in order to create more living space. Shira S.
February 7, 2011
This week’s New Yorker is chockablock with articles of great interest. Francisco Goldman gives a poignant account of his brief marriage, which ended in tragedy on a Mexican beach. Joan Acocella offers an illuminating article on British writer J.R. Ackerley (1896-1967), whose four books touched on his homosexuality at a time when being gay could have landed him in prison. And for movie fans, there’s […]
February 6, 2011
We are thrilled to announce a special February treat for our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. Throughout this month, we’re proudly featuring Thursdays with Leslie, an exhibit showcasing the work of ten local painters from the Noyes Cultural Arts Center. For Thursdays with Leslie, these talented students selected the best watercolor, oil, and pastel works […]
February 5, 2011
On February 5th, libraries all over the United Kingdom held events to protest the threatened closure of over 450 library services. Read more about the mass shhh-in and flashmob book readings, as well as the countless authors and other celebrity – along with the not-so-famous – patrons who turned out save their libraries! You might also be inspired […]
February 5, 2011
In celebration of African American History Month, our next Book Trailer of the Week is for Isabel Wilkerson’s phenomenal The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration. Named one of the NY Times’ 10 Best Books of 2010, this beautifully written masterwork focuses on the years 1915 to 1970 when six million black Southerners […]
February 4, 2011
The Newly Complicated Zora Neale Hurston The discovery of three “lost” stories by the Harlem Renaissance author is detailed in this engrossing essay from the Chronicle of Higher Education. Differing dramatically from her better known works, the stories unearth an intriguing new side to the Southern folk writer. A Bestiary of the Evolving Book The influence […]
February 4, 2011
Siva Vaidhyanathan is coming out soon with a book examining the tremendous impact Google has had on our lives, not only on our information needs. The Googlization of Everything: And Why We Should Worry discusses how Google influences our thinking and how the company may be using the public for its own purposes. After all, […]
February 1, 2011
This article is a great starting point for getting acquainted with horror short stories. After reading about these 12 stories I feel motivated to pick up some of the old and new authors in this collection. I definitely want to reread Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” and perhaps after that try Laird Barron’s […]
February 1, 2011
Welcome to yet another innovation of e-book technology- the Vook, or a digital video book. This allows the reader/viewer to watch a video in the middle of a book. One writer raves about the way the Vook has improved her exercise routine. (You can skip to the fifth paragraph to hear about the Vook.) Or […]
