Fall book season includes Ondaatje, Atwood – Winnipeg Free Press. The United States isn’t the only fish in the publishing sea. Here’s a look at books Canadians will be reading this fall.
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The Book Bench: Still Nickel and Dimed a Decade Later : The New Yorker Picador is marking the tenth anniversary of Barbara Ehrenreich’s modern classic “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” in which she chronicled her attempts to make a life on minimum wage in three states, with a special anniversary edition.
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Books | The hidden charms of occult books | Seattle Times Newspaper Alchemical books inhabit a subcategory of books on the occult — books on magic, books on astrology, books on witchcraft, metaphysics and alternative-belief systems, including hermeticism, a world view based on Greek and Egyptian writings. Books embedded with double meanings, puzzles, rebuses. Books
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Great Authors To Follow On Twitter These eight writers are sometimes hysterical, sometimes insightful, and are sure to give you words for thought in 140 characters or less. Of interest to both readers and writers. Overrated Authors, critics, and editors on “great books” that aren’t all that great. Some of these may surprise you. Or
Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books : NPR. Back around the first of August NPR asked readers to vote on their favorite science fiction and fantasy novels (or series). The results are in. I’m not a big fan of science fiction and fantasy, so when I finished counting I was surprised to find that
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“The author, cast and director give an inside view to the book and movie.” via ‘The Help’ touches sensitive subjects.
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Survey Shows Publishing Expanded Since 2008 – NYTimes.com The publishing industry has expanded in the past three years as Americans increasingly turned to e-books and juvenile and adult fiction, according to a new survey of thousands of publishers, retailers and distributors that challenges the doom and gloom that tends to dominate discussions of the industry’s
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Vote For Top-100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Titles : NPR. Hurry! NPR wants your votes. Vote for 10 titles from their list. They will then put together a list of the top 100 science fiction and fantasy titles.
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Stephen King’s ‘Bag of Bones’ to be A&E Miniseries, Starring Pierce Brosnan Pierce Brosnan is set to star in the miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s 1998 bestseller, Bag of Bones. The James Bond actor will return to television for the four-hour, two-night Sony Pictures Television event on A&E. Kelly Rowland and Annabeth Gish (as Jo)
YA Author Apologizes To ‘Wall Street Journal’ Critic : NPR. NPR offers a follow-up to the recent controversy over the current state of YA (young adult) literature. Related Posts: Darkness Too Visible YA Fiction Is Too Dark: Some Responses Are Teen Novels Dark and Depraved–Or Saving Lives?
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