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January 14, 2014
Judges for a debut mystery-writing contest sponsored by Minotaur Books and the Private Eye Writers of America chose Alaric Hunt as the winner, unaware that he had been in a South Carolina prison for the past 25 years serving a life sentence for murder. The award comes with a $10,000 advance and a guaranteed publishing […]
January 10, 2014
We are pleased to introduce Chicagoland collage artist Kyle Van Heck as the next to be featured in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. Throughout January, ten of his thought-provoking works will be on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Library. Created using oils, spray paint, old books, electrical wire, children’s […]
January 9, 2014
As a way of highlighting women writers, these bookmarks feature well-known writers and suggestions for many others on the back. The writer Joanna Walsh created these as traditional French New Year’s cards. They’re simple, different, and fun. I can imagine her coming out with a long line of dozens of different bookmarks. See what you think- Shira […]
January 9, 2014
Unpublished letters by author Mary Shelley were found by professor of English Literature at Anglia Ruskin University Nora Crook. While researching an obscure 19th-century novelist, she saw a “listing for 13 documents at Essex Record Office, catalogued under the tantalising words: “Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley” – and knew they had never been published before. […]
January 7, 2014
Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies are being adapted for the stage by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Adapting the 500 page books into two-and-a-half-hour plays has been challenging but the producers are determined to retain as much of Ms. Mantel’s prose as possible, as well as to prove […]
January 2, 2014
In 2002 American author Danielle Steel was named an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters, France’s top cultural honor. Now she can add the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award, to her accolades. Other Americans who have won the Legion of Honor include Douglas MacArthur, Julia Child, Walt Disney, Alan Greenspan and Bob Dylan. In an earlier […]
January 2, 2014
There are self help guides for all types, and now we have a dating guide for geeks! Of course, one must decide for oneself if he or she falls into this category and would actually benefit from such advice. The author instructs the reader to identify his area of geekiness before attempting to date whether […]
December 31, 2013
Right now we have a display of titles at EPL that I’ve dubbed “Retold and Revisited: Classic Tales from Another Point of View.” The re-telling device has always been a popular way to look at a well known story and give it a fresh treatment as in Longbourn, the Pride and Prejudice story told by […]
December 30, 2013
If you love to write and are willing to do quite a bit of it, Detroit wants you! For a minimal monthly charge, writers who are able to help with finishing touches can stake claim to a modest house in exchange for a commitment to write full time and remain in the house for a […]
December 28, 2013
Poet Diane Raptosh This month for Poetry 365 we’re highlighting Diane Raptosh’s remarkable new volume American Amnesiac. Longlisted for the 2013 National Book Award, this fourth collection from the Boise Poet Laureate follows “the manic journey of a man stripped of memory” and forced to “confront the complexities of being American in an age of […]
