Mar 30, 2008 | Marshfield News-Herald
Olympics spur author to write about China
Marshfield's Carter returns to favored topic Wisconsin writer Alden R. Carter has published his 42nd book, "China: From the First Chinese to the Olympics." Carter's other books include novels and nonfiction for ... via Marshfield News-Herald
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Nonfiction Forum & PollsMar 29, 2008 | Westword
Temperature Rising, Prices Dropping at Fahrenheit's
Inveterate browsers haunting the scruffy book row on Broadway were left out in the cold when Ichabod's closed, but Fahrenheit's Books has been making things cozy again. via Westword
Mar 27, 2008 | TeleRead
reading survey: SF, award-winning lit, thrillers, classics...
A few weeks ago TeleRead asked readers to take a five-question, muti-choice reading survey using the Survey Gizmo service. via TeleRead
Mar 25, 2008 | Cynsations
“It is a business, but I think everyone in it is striving for excellence and wants the best for their books and authors. It takes the same effort to make an average book as it does to make a great book, but no one sets out to be average.”
Marc Aronson will appear on Book TV at 9 p.m. EST March 25, offer a talk on his latest book , Race: A History Beyond Black and White , to young readers at the Brooklyn Library. via Cynsations
Mar 23, 2008 | SFGate
Clarke brought science fiction down to earth
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
Extraterrestrial visitors arrive on Earth, keep themselves hidden for 50 years and finally reveal that, with their horns, tails and bat-like wings, they resemble nothing so much as the popular depiction of ... via SFGate
Mar 21, 2008 | American Chronicle
Research - an Intricate Part of Writing
“The historian, if honest, gives us a photograph; the storyteller gives us a painting.”
Historical fiction helps us to understand the past. It educates and entertains us at the same time. via American Chronicle
Mar 19, 2008 | The Spokesman-Review
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke dies
“One day, some super civilization may encounter this relic from the vanished species and I may exist in another time”
Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, an aide said. via The Spokesman-Review
Mar 18, 2008 | Ithaca Journal
Literary Inspiration: Lisa A. Alzo
Where is your favorite place to write? My favorite place to write is at home, typing on my laptop. via Ithaca Journal
Mar 16, 2008 | News Press
Lehigh woman nominated for Pulitzer
“This was the last thing in the world I would have imagined possible.”
A Lehigh Acres resident is among the writers who have had their work submitted for Pulitzer Prize consideration. via News Press
Mar 13, 2008 | CBS News
“Sure, you have to be careful with Wikipedia, but you should always be careful anyway.”
IN PRAISE OF NONFICTION.... Tyler Cowen defends Wikipedia: If I had to guess whether Wikipedia or the median refereed journal article on economics was more likely to be true, after a not so long think I would ... via CBS News
Mar 11, 2008 | The Norman Transcript
National Cowboy Museum announces Wrangler Award literary winners
Western Heritage Museum announces winners of the literary categories for the 47th Annual Western Heritage Awards competition April 12 at the museum. via The Norman Transcript
Mar 9, 2008 | The Shreveport Times
"In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan . Most of what we're consuming today is not food, and how we're consuming it - in the car, in front of the TV and increasingly alone - is not really eating. via The Shreveport Times
Mar 7, 2008 | San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Kathleen Parker: Crime and punishment for reading
“You used extremely poor judgment by insisting on openly reading the book related to a historically and racially abhorrent subject in the presence of your black co-workers.”
IF an author can't make the Oprah cut, the next best thing may be getting censured by a university. via San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Mar 6, 2008 | The Associated Press | Posted by The Associated Press
Junot Diaz wins National Book Critics Award for 'Oscar Wao'
Junot Diaz, whose novel 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' is a story of desire and tragedy among modern Dominicans, won the National Book Critics Award for fiction Thursday night.
Edwidge Danticat's 'Brother, I'm Dying' won for autobiography, while the general nonfiction prize went to Harriet Washington's 'Medical Apartheid.'
In biography, the winner was Tim Jeal's 'Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer.' The poetry award went to Mary Jo Bang for 'Elegy,' and the criticism winner was Alex Ross' 'The Rest is Noise.' Read more
Mar 6, 2008 | International Herald Tribune
Esquire fictionalizes Heath Ledger's last days
“I didn't understand what the fuss was all about.”
After Heath Ledger was found dead in his SoHo apartment on Jan. 22, David Granger, the editor in chief of Esquire magazine, dispatched a writer named Lisa Taddeo to report on the actor's final days. via International Herald Tribune
Mar 6, 2008 | Chowk
Mar 4, 2008 | News-Star
Monroe Symphony League's spring book sale continues today
“Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed”
The Monroe Symphony League Book Fair continues its spring book sale thid afternoon at the Book Room, 320 N. Fourth St., Monroe. via News-Star
Mar 2, 2008 | PressConnects.com
Author returns to Tioga's history
Bob White, known to his many readers at R.W. White, will sign copies of his new biography, 'Yours Truly, C.P. Avery,' in a program the Tioga County Historical Society Museum & Library, 110 Front St. via PressConnects.com
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