Deaths from World of Writing & Publishing: 2015

It’s time to remember the people whom the world of writing and publishing lost in the last year. Here are their names, along with, when available, a link to an obituary and the date of death. Miller Williams,  1/1 Joan Peters,  1/5 Robert Stone,  1/10 John Bayley Alice K. Turner,  1/17 Jack Leggett, 1/25 Colleen […]

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Annual Blog Report

Even though it’s not quite the end of the year yet, the blogging stat monkeys have delivered their report on how things went here at the Notes in the Margin blog during 2015. I’ll have my own, more detailed report ready early next month, but for now I offer you the stat monkeys’ findings. “In

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My List: Best Books Read in 2015

It’s not quite the end of the year yet, but since it looks as if I won’t finish any more books in time, I might as well go ahead with my annual list. I had an abysmal year of reading this year, only 28 books. While most other “best books of 2015” lists include books

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On Novels and Novelists

On Novels and Novelists

Writing Tips: James Lee Burke Usually I would put writing tips from a big-time author under the heading “on writing” rather than “on novels and novelists.” But I’m including these tips from one of my favorite mystery writers, James Lee Burke, here because he has written them out as an essay rather than a list

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Harper Lee: my Christmas in New York | Books | The Guardian

One midwinter in 1950s New York, Harper Lee went to stay with friends. Little did she know she was about to receive the gift of a lifetime… Source: Harper Lee: my Christmas in New York | Books | The Guardian

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The beautiful Icelandic tradition of giving books on Christmas Eve : TreeHugger

Icelanders have a beautiful tradition of giving books to each other on Christmas Eve and then spending the night reading. This custom is so deeply ingrained in the culture that it is the reason for the Jolabokaflod, or “Christmas Book Flood,” when the majority of books in Iceland are sold between September and December in

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From coloring books to Harper Lee, a good year for the physical book | The Seattle Times

As e-book sales remain stalled at some 25 percent of the market, hardcovers and paperbacks held steady at a time digital has upended the music, film and television industries. Source: From coloring books to Harper Lee, a good year for the physical book | The Seattle Times

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“Jane Austen’s Guide to Alzheimer’s”

Most readers of Jane Austen name Pride and Prejudice as their favorite of her novels. But my favorite has always been Emma. I don’t remember whether Emma was the first Austen novel I read, but I do remember that it was the first novel that, when I had finished, I went back to the beginning

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Links for Literature Lovers

Since my major task for today is writing my holiday newsletter, finally, I’m resorting to a link compendium for today’s blog post. Reading Is About the Lines That Leap Off the Pages Dwight Garner writes in the New York Times: When I think about the outstanding things I read this year, however, what comes to

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3 Blogs I’ve Loved Recently

Thanks to a recent WordPress Daily Prompt for today’s post: Give some love to three blog posts you’ve read and loved in the past week, and tell us why they’re worth reading. (1) SAGA SATURDAY I This post was my introduction to AbbieLu’s site Cafe Book Bean. In this post she defines what a saga

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