This was one of my favorite soft news stories last year: http://gothamist.com/2007/11/05/awww.phpRead more... )

http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/05/22/critics/index.htmlRead more... )

Submission info from Glimmer Train's editors:

Deadline: May 31, 2008


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In honor of the Open City benefit tomorrow (http://www.opencity.org/) here's a link to Mr. Beller's neighborhood - http://www.mrbellersneighborhood.com/ - an often wonderful and always entertaining selection of New York ( Read more... )

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The first time someone suggested that all books would one day be read electronically, I choked. Literally. This was in college, and I worshipped books as physical works of art; the move from paper to screen would surely suck the magic from them. This must be, I thought, a plot by evil corporations to stop us from reading. BUT. While I still enjoy ( Read more... )

The PageTurner Awards, funded by best-selling mystery author James Patterson, are $250,000 in annual cash prizes "intended to celebrate the people, companies, schools and other institutions in the U.S. and Canada who find original and effective ways to spread the excitement of books and reading." This year, 37 prizes of various sizes were bestowed ( Read more... )

When I asked friends to point me to the book blogs they read regularly, Tori recommended the Penguin Blog. (Thanks, Tori!) http://thepenguinblog.typepad.com/the_penguin_blog/Read more... )

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If you're a Chuck Palahniuk fan [or have never read him but, like me, loved the movie Fight Club] and want to check out Rant...or if you just relish crashing cars in a virtual setting, go here: http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/rant/Read more... )