July 11, 2013
The 2013 National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal were given to two dozen recipients in a ceremony at the White House on Wednesday. President Obama, who awarded these most prestigious arts awards, said that the honorees “have taught us about ourselves and about our world.” The winners included authors Joan Didion and […]
July 10, 2013
These ads are so old, they’re before my time! We probably will never know how effective this PR was, but they’re fun to see. How do these compare to the celebrity “READ’ posters from ALA? Shira S.
July 10, 2013
A 12-foot tall fiberglass statue of Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy was installed in London’s Hyde Park lake early this week startling passers-by, swans, and swimmers. The statue, showing Darcy from the waist up wearing a clinging wet shirt, is on display to promote Drama, a new British TV channel which will rebroadcast the popular six-part […]
July 7, 2013
Before the last part of the “Divergent” trilogy, “Allegiant,” will be published in October, Veronica Roth will start publishing 4 e-stories about Four’s history from his point of view. The first story about Tobias (or Four) should be available September 24 and the others will appear over the next few months. Each will be 30 pages long and sell […]
July 2, 2013
Richard Ford and Timothy Egan have won this year’s Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence for the best fiction and non-fiction works. Ford won for his novel Canada which is narrated by the teen son of bank robbers. Egan won for his biography of photographer Edward Curtis Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher. The medals were […]
June 27, 2013
An exhibit for children and adults alike recently opened at the New York Public Library. “The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter” has both popular and more exotic offerings. Included is the green room of Margaret Wise Brown’s 1947 Goodnight Moon, a display from the 1964 Disney movie Mary Poppins, and an Alice in […]
June 24, 2013
A library in Greenfield, MA, boasts a display of catalog cards signed by the author noted on the card. Hope Schneider has been requesting autographs from authors for 14 years (since the end of the catalog) and the collection is up to 128 items. See this article for interesting responses to her requests- is it an honor to the […]
June 21, 2013
81-year-old short story author Alice Munro told The National Post‘s editor Mark Medley that she’s retiring. After accepting the Trillium Book Award (the top Ontario literary prize) for her collection Dear Life, she said: “I’m probably not going to write anymore. And, so, it’s nice to go out with a bang.” Her suggestion to disappointed […]
June 19, 2013
I enjoyed this short article because it provides insight into book cover creation from the book designer’s perspective. Before and after choices with text are presented in a slideshow. NYTimes writer John Williams says this is the first in a four part series. While an effective cover may greatly enhance a book and whet our appetite […]
June 13, 2013
What could be better than coffee and a good book? Why, wine, of course. Here is yet another variation of the wonderful notion of books and food: a book bar. The BookBar that just opened in Denver offers a small menu and plenty of books. Cheers to another independent book venture. Shira S.
