<![CDATA[ The Cover’s Off Coetzee’s Summertime (With Blurb and Video) | BOOK SA - News Steal a glimpse of the cover of Coetzee's Summertime: "But first, more news on Summertime. We’ve got a first book cover, shown here, plus the blurb, which begins, “a young English biographer is working on a book about the late [...]
<![CDATA[Take a look at Fran Slayton's promo video for her new book, When the Whistle Blows, then click over to her Live Journal and let her know what you think. If you comment on her Journal before April 20, you'll be entered into a drawing for a free copy of her book. Love the cover! [...]
<![CDATA[A WriterHouse public event: Poetry and Story Double-header May 1 Join Washington, DC poet Brandel France de Bravo and local poet, singer, and monodramatist Browning Porter for a double-header of poetry and story on May 1, starting at 8pm at WriterHouse. Brandel France de Bravo’s poetry has appeared in Fugue, The Kenyon Review, Black Warrior [...]
<![CDATA[ BYU student paper pulps 18,000 copies after referring to “apostates” instead of “apostles” | Regret the Error This is an early favorite for 2009’s Typo of the Year. The Daily Universe, a student paper at BYU, recalled and trashed the full printing (18,000 copies) of its Monday edition after discovering a typo. Notably, it [...]
<![CDATA[ Amazon Customers Boycotting eBooks over $9.99 - mediabistro.com: GalleyCat 'Nearly 250 Amazon customers have joined an informal boycott of digital books priced more than $9.99 at the popular online retailer--they have already tagged more than 770 books with a "9 99boycott" tag.' Fascinating. Yet another instance of consumers turning Amazon's user features against the [...]
<![CDATA[ Bookgasm: Win an Amazon Kindle 2 and DON’T LOOK TWICE! "Yeah, a Kindle! And no, this is not a belated April Fools’ joke. We’ve partnered with HarperCollins — publisher of Andrew Gross’ new thriller DON’T LOOK TWICE — to give away an Amazon Kindle 2. Retail price: $359. Cost to the winner: $0. "One [...]
<![CDATA[ Why does Hollywood love working in publishing so much? | Books | guardian.co.uk "The Proposal joins the publishing sub-genre of the movie books world, nestling nicely next to Bridget Jones, who works in publishing PR, book editors Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction and Sarah Michelle Gellar in Suburban Girl (tagline "Sometimes the end is [...]
<![CDATA[A quick reminder from Jackie at the library: WordPlay a fundraiser for Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle Thursday, April 23rd, 5:30pm at the Omni Hotel This team-based, trivia competition is for anyone who loves words, pop culture, history and literature. Refreshments and cash bar available. All proceeds benefit Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle. To purchase an audience [...]
<![CDATA[Anyone seeking to tap into their creativity will be inspired by Mr. Cochran's talk. Cochran himself did not become an artist until well into adulthood and is skeptical of the concept of "natural genius." I wish I could also post the slideshow that went with this talk; if you have a minute, click on a [...]
The University of Virginia’s College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has announced that the upcoming 22nd annual Virginia Film Festival will be all about getting down to “Funny Business.” The Festival is set for November 5 – 8 at venues throughout Charlottesville.“There are no better times than these to appreciate and experience the [...]